flash
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The SK Hynix flash crash took place on the Nextrade exchange, a new facility only established in 2025 to allow Korean shares to trade before and after the official hours of the Korean Stock Exchange.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 6, 2026
Consumer Product Safety Commission, multiple fire pit products sold on Amazon have been linked to flash fires and other explosive incidents in the U.S.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
The short, dramatic flash it created would have been hard to catch by amateur astronomers even with high-end telescopes, but larger observatories in the Americas are analysing the information.
From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026
Neighbouring Sri Lanka has also seen unusually heavy monsoon rains that have caused flash floods and mudslides, claiming the lives of at least eight people since Monday, according to the Disaster Management Centre.
From Barron's ● Aug. 5, 2026
The streetlights flash over us in slices of orange.
From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz
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Eric Cantona had already shown flashes of his talent in France and at Leeds before becoming the emblem of Manchester United's first great Premier League side.
From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2026
It aligned with the story of the 2026 Sparks, where being fully competitive has been just out of reach except for a few flashes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
Their fateful interactions are told through crisp flashes of memory, skillfully rendered with spare elegance by the translator Hillel Halkin.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
Scientists use those flashes to determine where the particle traveled and how it interacted with the detector.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 17, 2026
She flashes her gold-capped teeth in a smile.
From "The Manifestor Prophecy" by Angie Thomas
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During a recent Pokémon card auction, electronic dance music blared as a fast-talking host flashed a card at the camera.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026
Since then, the market has flashed several bullish signals, while some sentiment gauges have shown signs of improvement.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 4, 2026
"The screen went blank, flashed several times and the phone appeared to restart," according to CBP officers.
From Barron's ● Jul. 29, 2026
This time, a few seconds after the initial message, a second flashed up, that the safety car would stay out.
From BBC ● Jul. 5, 2026
“First of all, the badge you flashed is out-of-date,” she continued.
From "City Spies" by James Ponti
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"The warning lights were flashing brighter and brighter...and you failed to do the simplest things to prevent this."
From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026
Public broadcaster NHK cited police sources as saying that between 20 and 30 employees could not be contacted, showing footage of emergency vehicles with flashing red lights outside.
From Barron's ● Jul. 28, 2026
But concerns flashing in the commodity and bond markets now look harder for stock investors to ignore.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 23, 2026
I must have only taken about 10 steps when the sea titan breached, its spotted skin flashing in the sunlight briefly before plunging beneath the waves.
From Salon ● Jul. 22, 2026
Fins flapping, tentacles trailing behind them, their long bodies were flashing bright red in a way that meant, “Swim for your lives!”
From "The Wild Robot Protects" by Peter Brown
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