flicker

“I saw it flicker in the beginning of the point but was not sure if that is what I actually saw,” Gauff wrote in her explanation.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026

Take the consequential months after Darwin’s return to England in October 1836 after his nearly five-year voyage around the world on HMS Beagle, when his theory of evolution was a flicker in his mind.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

Their pages don’t flicker with pop-up ads or interrupt one book to tell you about others you might want to read.

From Salon ● Jul. 23, 2026

Nevertheless, Europe is benefiting from a flicker of activity in the defence sector, notably with the stock market debut in Amsterdam of Czech arms giant CSG, at $4.47 billion, the third-largest deal worldwide since January.

From Barron's ● Jul. 23, 2026

I lean forward and stare the loud girl down until her eyelids flicker.

From "A Place at the Table" by Saadia Faruqi and Laura Shovan

Mounted slightly above head height and illuminated like a shrine, it flickers among Art Deco radio, fierce guardian and modern sculpture.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 1, 2026

"No matter how difficult times are, I believe that humans always manage to find flickers of levity and deep wells of love," she said.

From BBC ● May 19, 2026

Inside an underground shelter at a hospital in the Israeli city of Haifa, a television screen flickers with images of Iranian missiles as doctors and midwives deliver Sarah Bird's third child.

From Barron's ● Apr. 10, 2026

Board members are betting the company, which has shown flickers of a turnaround, is worth more than the offers on the table.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 6, 2025

The fire flickers in his eyes like he’s magic.

From "Starfish" by Akemi Dawn Bowman

As the lights flickered back on, baptism in blackout over, one attendee quipped that the show was now, officially, "very authentic".

From Barron's ● Oct. 3, 2026

Kylian Mbappe hovered surreptitiously in the shadows, only noticeable as the lights flickered off the beaming white number 10 on his broad royal blue back.

From BBC ● Jun. 27, 2026

Families, in their various flavors, have been essential to television since that light first flickered on.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 15, 2026

Claude Code was released to the public last year, months after it flickered to life on Cherny’s screen.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 21, 2026

The glass eyes flickered yellow in the firelight.

From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood

He saw Bori’s flickering silhouette gripping the bars.

From Slate ● Aug. 11, 2026

Refn is so enraptured by the sight of strobes flickering across Thatcher’s mannequin-flawless features that, by the end of the film, I needed a break from her face.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026

The young couple in those linked stories are always accompanied by the flickering presence of their social-media apps, which seem to guide their behavior and lead them unthinkingly toward a breakup.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026

Absorbed students carefully threaded wires into junction boxes to make circuits connected to lights, bulbs flickering on one by one to signal a job well done.

From Barron's ● Jul. 8, 2026

They stare at each other in silence for a while, the candles flickering around them.

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern