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Shimmer

/ʃˈɪmər/
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(verb) To shine tremulously or intermittently; to gleam faintly.

The ocean waves shimmer in the sunlight.
The heat haze made the road shimmer in the distance.
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We watched the moonlight ____ across the calm surface of the lake during our midnight walk.

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