flash on
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When Danner Drake, 54, saw news of the Nasdaq correction flash on his office computer on March 26, he opened his brokerage app.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 22, 2026
If you manage to spot the Moon and want to take a picture make sure you turn off the flash on your phone, activate night mode and use ambient light.
From BBC • Jan. 30, 2026
The Cogitate Consortium is still running other experiments, including a video game in which objects move around a screen and flash on and off.
From New York Times • Jul. 1, 2023
Sure enough, we turned toward the giant TV and saw my name flash on the screen.
From Los Angeles Times • May 5, 2023
I don’t know why my brain dredges up that image, but when the lights flash on, I jump.
From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman
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