blink
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With the blink of an eye, years go by so fast covering high school athletes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026
It is a case of "blink, and you'll miss it", the investment bank says.
From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026
But it is significant "if we can reduce the number of incidents, even by a little, where people lose their lives in the blink of an eye".
From Barron's ● Jul. 28, 2026
Still, 65 days is a blink of an eye compared to the shelf life of many core Smucker products—fruit spreads, canned coffee and dog food—which can last for at least a year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026
Before Ella could blink, Gia had stretched the instrument into a small archway, walked through it, and disappeared.
From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton
"We try to make it fun," says Cem Bakiş, head of business development at WaterH, which has a glowing ring that blinks in order to prompt its owner to take a drink.
From BBC ● Jun. 22, 2026
“When one blinks, will the rest stop investing in the buildout?”
From MarketWatch ● May 15, 2026
In many cases, blinks were treated as unwanted interruptions and removed from the data.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 23, 2025
Just don’t be surprised when you start to miss the imperfect ones, blinks, bad moods and all.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 30, 2025
Her face falls, and she blinks rapidly a few times.
From "Internment" by Samira Ahmed
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
“We’re a cohort of 19, bringing all of our ideas together to create this moment and now it’s just like boom, here we are. You blinked and now you did all of it.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2026
It was the U.S Treasury market that blinked first and threatened dysfunction.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 24, 2026
If the D&B C-suite had any initial misgivings about putting their chips on raves, no one I spoke to blinked.
From Slate ● Jun. 25, 2026
So instead of a hug, he just looked at her and smiled and blinked three times.
From "The Very, Very Far North" by Dan Bar-el
The other day, I found myself looking at a blinking cursor in a blank address bar in a new tab of my web browser.
From Salon ● Aug. 23, 2026
Fans filed into pubs and clubs ahead of the 02:00 BST kick-off and emerged blinking in the dawn light.
From BBC ● Jun. 28, 2026
At the end, a line of people stood blinking at the world, amazed at the clarity and detail many had forgotten or, for some, had never known.
From Barron's ● May 27, 2026
Installations, complete with blinking lights, video and music, now occupy former intake, surgery and recovery floors.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 20, 2026
Joey is suddenly wide awake, blinking her dark brown eyes at her new home as the ambulance comes to a stop.
From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly
