blink
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In a blink, she lands on the floor, breathless.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2026
With the blink of an eye, years go by so fast covering high school athletes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026
Meta Chief Financial Officer Susan Li on Wednesday hinted that Meta could eventually blink on spending—but only in 2028 and after.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 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
Mom seems to blink a few times and comes back to herself, her eyes focusing on me again.
From "The Sea in Winter" by Christine Day
“When one blinks, will the rest stop investing in the buildout?”
From MarketWatch ● May 15, 2026
They have become accustomed to rising from bed whenever the electricity blinks on, no matter the hour, to cook and do laundry.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 4, 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
The camera’s red light blinks on, catching Lyla a little bit off guard.
From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman
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
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
The mood completely shifted and shifted some more when the news came through that Rangers had blinked first in the title race.
From BBC ● Apr. 26, 2026
If you had blinked, you might have missed it.
From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova
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
Installations, complete with blinking lights, video and music, now occupy former intake, surgery and recovery floors.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 20, 2026
But instead of fighting, both sides have doubled down on dueling blockades that are hard to undo without one side blinking.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 12, 2026
A dozen members of the French navy scour screens for blinking lights indicating movement thousands of kilometres away near the Strait of Hormuz.
From Barron's ● May 1, 2026
Then, without blinking, he took off into the air.
From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell
