variants or aureola
as in glory
an artistic rendering of radiant light around the head or body of a sacred personage the white marble sculpture of the saint in the throes of divine ecstasy is strikingly offset by a gilt aureole

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Recent Examples of aureole Jacob knew from photographs the goblin face, the aureole of whitening hair. Lan Samantha Chang, Harper's Magazine, 14 Aug. 2023 Like his crossed legs, Cannon’s head and upper torso are framed in flickering swipes of green, as if this is a depiction of a holy man surrounded by an incandescent aureole. Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 8 Dec. 2022 One image, Imogen, has the model’s head encircled with flora like an aureole composed of twiggy branches, foliage, and wildflowers. Lilah Ramzi, Vogue, 25 Oct. 2020 However, if the region was made up of ice, De Blasio says, then ice should be present around the western edge of the aureole. Nola Taylor Redd, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 July 2020 Dark wood stain applied in the center of three interlocking aureole forms gives one floor-sculpture the appearance of a giant bouquet of Van Gogh’s sunflowers — a symbol of happiness now bloated and earthbound. Christopher Knight, latimes.com, 14 June 2018 In the strongest work, half of the 9-foot-tall aureole apparently has been blown away, black resin flapping in shards out the back. Christopher Knight, latimes.com, 14 June 2018 Venus Express will peer into the planet's upper atmosphere during the aureole, providing an absolute chemical measurement. Dave Mosher, Popular Mechanics, 4 June 2012
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Noun
  • There’s good news and bad news about the S & P 500 ‘s recent fall from glory, which at one point on Tuesday pulled the index 10% below its all-time high.
    Alex Harring, CNBC, 12 Mar. 2025
  • His legacy is alive and well, though, because people still wax lyrical about his glory days, correlating their youth to his hedonistic ways.
    Faisal Kutty, Newsweek, 11 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • But in a wonderful bit of cosmic serendipity, the moon is also 400 times closer to us, which results in the solar and lunar disks appearing to be exactly the same size in our sky, making for a perfect fit, with only the sun’s corona—or fires—flaring out from behind the moon during totality.
    Jeffrey Kluger, TIME, 11 Mar. 2025
  • From their own separate polar orbit, the satellites will observe the sun's corona, or outer atmosphere, and the resulting solar wind.
    CBS News, CBS News, 11 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • From the moon, this light appears as a red halo surrounding Earth’s dark disk, essentially a projection of all the world’s sunrises and sunsets onto the lunar landscape.
    Jamie Carter, Forbes, 13 Mar. 2025
  • Joe Passarelli’s cinematography emphasizes the haziness of Paul’s surroundings, frequently casting halos around any light source in a manner that comes across as gauzy rather than sculptural.
    Ryan Swen, Variety, 11 Mar. 2025

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