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gleam
1. n. a small or indistinct shaft or stream of light.
2. n. a glimpse or hint; an indistinct sign of something.
The rescue workers preserved a gleam of optimism that they might still survive.
3. n. brightness or shininess; splendor.
4. v. To shine; to glitter; to glisten.
5. v. To be briefly but strongly apparent.
6. v. (obsolete, falconry) To disgorge filth, as a hawk.

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There is a gleam in their eyes.

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