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blink

[blingk] / blɪŋk /




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I started to ask: Should he not blink?

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 12, 2026

They can change things in the blink of an eye, so imperceptibly that users will barely notice a change if at all.

From Salon ● Oct. 11, 2026

"It was like a blink, and at the same time it was intense, it went so fast," Vaccarello told CNN during an interview to mark his ten years at the brand in May.

From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2026

A tiny aquatic organism made of just one cell can compress its body to one quarter of its original length in under five milliseconds, hundreds of times faster than a person can blink.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 19, 2026

Ben didn’t blink when I asked about the hospital.

From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy

Mark Zuckerberg named mine “Dash,” and whenever I open Muse, the cute little fella blinks at me as he swivels his necklike body part from right to left.

From Slate ● Oct. 14, 2026

One of the last things Hal Jordan’s hologram tells John before he blinks out, possibly forever, will define Pierre’s hero moving forward, along with this series, should it earn a second season.

From Salon ● Oct. 5, 2026

Meta glasses have a built-in LED light which blinks when they are recording images and cannot be turned off.

From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026

“When one blinks, will the rest stop investing in the buildout?”

From MarketWatch ● May 15, 2026

Harrison looked at me and tried a wink that looked more like a series of really long blinks.

From "Hope Springs" by Jaime Berry

He owned his portrayal of Gurney Halleck in “Dune” so completely that nobody blinked when he dashed into a battle scene bellowing mightily while clutching a pug, of all things.

From Salon ● Oct. 30, 2026

The sun disappeared, the streetlights blinked on, and a shiver passed through the crowd that had nothing to do with the temperature.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026

It was the U.S Treasury market that blinked first and threatened dysfunction.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 24, 2026

When Bean finally told his family he was gay, in 1996 — three years before clueing in an unsuspecting public via a Miami Herald article — none of his loved ones blinked.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 7, 2026

I want to go home, Abby thought, but she blinked back her tears, knowing it did no good to cry.

From "Earthquake Terror" by Peg Kehret

Shaylee Bent concluded the thumping, ending a move where multiple England tackles were shrugged off without blinking.

From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026

In the arms race for seasonal add-ons, nobody’s blinking.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026

Her daughter had asked her to move closer and “without blinking an eye, I said yes. It was a no-brainer. It was logical. It was the best decision ever,” Minken said.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 14, 2026

There are a few fun visual gags about the degraded far-future — a hospital named St. God’s, the city’s digital clock tower being stuck on a blinking 12:00 — but its punchlines tend toward nasty.

From Salon ● Sep. 6, 2026

I’ve tried blinking my flashlight at Owen at our old meet-up time a few nights.

From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz


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