flash
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Johor residents have protested over dust pollution and flash floods linked to data centre construction, as operators build closer to residential areas.
From Barron's ● Nov. 8, 2026
The eurozone’s flash estimate of third-quarter gross domestic product will be released Friday and will be the main focus in an otherwise quiet week for data.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026
November gives skywatchers several chances to see meteors flash across the darkness.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 6, 2026
For CVS, a looming flash point involves its pharmacy benefit manager, Caremark.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 6, 2026
I see the flash of eyes all around me, the tucking of hair behind ears and shifting of bodies.
From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy
By combining ultrashort X-ray flashes with extremely high intensity, researchers hope to capture information about electrons before the incoming radiation has time to substantially alter the material being studied.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 8, 2026
That’s when videos emerged showing two bright flashes coming from Edison’s transmission lines, just before the Eaton fire ignited.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2026
There were flashes of promise, but by and large it was a shaky debut season, one that did not live up to Antonelli's billing as potentially the next generational talent.
From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2026
There have been, it seems, a thousand flashes in the pan: Beto O’Rourke’s rolled-up shirtsleeves, Anthony Weiner’s city-kid mouthiness, Graham Platner’s stupid little butch mustache.
From Slate ● Oct. 27, 2026
He flashes me something shiny up his sleeve.
From "Amari and the Night Brothers" by B.B. Alston
Information flashed up on screens with updates from Operation Moonbeam.
From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2026
“Now Hiring” flashed on one man’s screen as he scrolled.
From Slate ● Oct. 26, 2026
Knecht’s role had greatly diminished since he flashed his scoring potential as a rookie.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2026
At one point during his talk, an image flashed on the screen behind him of its Muse mascot embracing a blue padlock.
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026
Ahead, the girl’s butterfly wings flashed in the water, glimmering, disappearing, glimmering, disappearing, like a beacon signaling for help.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
The big flashing sign has come in South Carolina.
From Slate ● Nov. 4, 2026
To the extent that this portends future drops in consumer spending, this sign is flashing red.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 3, 2026
Soon, Braun would find Kelly in his office with the lights dimmed, and blurry plays that predated the personal computer flashing across Kelly’s flat-screen TV.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026
But the French Canadian singer quickly got back up and signaled to fans that she was A-OK by flashing a thumbs-up, in footage obtained by People.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026
In the center of the lake is a vast circular city with a light show flashing above it.
From "The Manifestor Prophecy" by Angie Thomas
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