flashlight
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Red dye exists for one reason: It lets a man with a flashlight tell whether you paid the tax.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 7, 2026
Its light sweeps across the surface almost like a flashlight lying flat on a table.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 25, 2026
Armed with a helmet and a flashlight, Hernan Giraldo had no intention of giving up on his son.
From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026
There was so much sediment floating around that a flashlight was no use.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026
Her phone flashlight dies, but thankfully the storm sounds like it’s winding down.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
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In some cases, you can even find vehicle-inspired first-aid kits that include items such as emergency blankets, flashlights, road flares, emergency markers, and more.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 20, 2026
Armed with flashlights, dozens of community members stepped into the darkened Westlake Theatre, sidestepping puddles and broken glass as they imagined what the century-old movie palace could become.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2026
A crew of men with blackened faces wearing steel hats with flashlights attached stands in the dark “Anthracite Coal Mine Near Pottsville, Pennsylvania,” photographed by Jack Delano in 1938.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026
Ultraviolet flashlights attracted only a small number of isopods and never triggered the swirling formations.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 6, 2026
Through the opening I saw policemen, with flashlights and what looked like raised cavemen’s clubs, move searchingly about several shacks across the street.
From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane
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