shooting star
noun
1
: a visual meteor appearing as a temporary streak of light in the night sky
2
: any of several North American perennial herbs (genus Primula, especially P. meadia) of the primrose family that have entire oblong leaves and showy flowers with reflexed petals
3
: one resembling a shooting star especially in sudden and temporary brilliance
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The Orionids meteor shower, which is considered to be one of the most beautiful showers of the year, could light up the sky with shooting stars through most of next month.
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Greg Wehner, Fox News, 21 Oct. 2024
But the abundant desert beauty, such as seeing shooting stars streaking over their home nearly every night, hearing coyotes howl and watching hawks swerve overhead, make up for it.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 18 Oct. 2024
This shower will probably produce only a modest number of shooting stars per hour, but Orionids are known for being bright and long-lasting, and are worth enduring an extra-sleepy Monday for.
—Nicole Clausing, Sunset Magazine, 11 Oct. 2024
This meteor shower happens each summer, including a shooting star display.
—Jenna Prestininzi, Detroit Free Press, 12 Aug. 2024
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Greg Wehner, Fox News, 21 Oct. 2024
But the abundant desert beauty, such as seeing shooting stars streaking over their home nearly every night, hearing coyotes howl and watching hawks swerve overhead, make up for it.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 18 Oct. 2024
This shower will probably produce only a modest number of shooting stars per hour, but Orionids are known for being bright and long-lasting, and are worth enduring an extra-sleepy Monday for.
—Nicole Clausing, Sunset Magazine, 11 Oct. 2024
This meteor shower happens each summer, including a shooting star display.
—Jenna Prestininzi, Detroit Free Press, 12 Aug. 2024
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“Shooting star.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shooting%20star. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
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