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Example Sentences

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If you were on the grand jury, can you blink twice if you were under duress?

From Slate • May 2, 2026

“Coming in as a freshman I was like, ‘Oh, I have so much time,’ and now it has gone by in a blink of an eye,” she said.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 5, 2026

Beijing values anchoring confidence, and the first year of the 15th five-year plan is not the moment to blink, they said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 2, 2026

People were uploading old photographs of ancestors, then watching them blink, smile and move their heads as software "reanimated" their loved ones.

From BBC • Feb. 8, 2026

Then the arrow was gone, in a blink of an eye.

From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova