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After all the hype around Thursday’s northern lights forecast, skywatchers across North America were left hoping for a glimmering cosmic event.—Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 5 June 2026 Decades after Julian’s vanishing there, the band and various hangers-on recall eerie incidents both in and out of the house—rooms full of occult literature; pub full of haunting photographs—as well as the glimmering stranger circling the Orpheus-esque Julian.—Literary Hub, 2 June 2026 Still, there are no pads, only helmets and a glimmering competitive desire that’s ramping up as the team reached the midway mark of OTAs.—Daniel Flick, AJC.com, 27 May 2026 Kauai, Hawaii With dense rainforest and glimmering waterfalls, Hawaii’s Garden Isle is quieter than its counterparts, though certainly among the best tropical vacation spots.—Skyli Alvarez, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for glimmering