1.   Her hair is lightened to an of-the-moment reddish brown, cut in a layered bob.

2.   The remaining stands of trees lighten to a pale emerald where fires and logging have taken their toll.

3.   Before night lightened to morning, Gore stood under a black umbrella meeting workers as they reported for shift at a John Deere tractor plant.

4.   His sentence was lightened to probation on appeal last year.

5.   The rain lightened to a drizzle late in the afternoon, and play was never suspended.