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Recent Examples of sunbeam
Here, love is sublime but elusive, like trying to catch a sunbeam in the palm of your hand.
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Jason Lamphier, Entertainment Weekly, 9 Dec. 2025
Light streams in from the south side of the cafe, where cats lounge in sunbeams or run on a giant wheel.
—Samantha Gowen, Oc Register, 8 Dec. 2025
The camera’s gaze rises to the wall behind Haemi, where a sunbeam briefly appears.
—Lily Meyer, The Atlantic, 5 Sep. 2025
The hilarious video shared in June by @kayleighmaven, shows the Maine Coon briefly enjoying a sunbeam before suddenly changing his mind and deciding to assault his canine sibling, who was just chilling on the floor nearby.
—Maria Azzurra Volpe, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Aug. 2025
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Jason Lamphier, Entertainment Weekly, 9 Dec. 2025
Light streams in from the south side of the cafe, where cats lounge in sunbeams or run on a giant wheel.
—Samantha Gowen, Oc Register, 8 Dec. 2025
The camera’s gaze rises to the wall behind Haemi, where a sunbeam briefly appears.
—Lily Meyer, The Atlantic, 5 Sep. 2025
The hilarious video shared in June by @kayleighmaven, shows the Maine Coon briefly enjoying a sunbeam before suddenly changing his mind and deciding to assault his canine sibling, who was just chilling on the floor nearby.
—Maria Azzurra Volpe, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sunbeam
Noun
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It was designed in such a way that it would be comprised of six lattice-like beams, which were prestressed end-to-end.—
Srishti Gupta,
Interesting Engineering,
16 May 2026
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Western automakers have spent years trickling pixel-headlight features out cautiously, partly because regulations in markets like the US have historically been slow to allow adaptive driving beams in the first place.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
15 May 2026
Noun
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Newsom was born and bred in a state widely associated with moonbeams, metrosexuality, and macrobiotics.—
Helen Lewis,
The Atlantic,
6 Jan. 2026
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No moonbeam, ice cream, or taking off your blue jeans.—
Jason P. Frank,
Vulture,
7 Nov. 2025
Noun
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The vets also took X-rays, but since wood is hard to see on an X-ray, the professionals were still unsure how far the stick had impaled Sweets.—
Kelli Bender,
PEOPLE,
15 May 2026
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Mets manager Carlos Mendoza said X-rays were negative.—
CBS New York Team,
CBS News,
14 May 2026
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“Sunbeam.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sunbeam. Accessed 20 May. 2026.
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