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flashlight

[flash-lahyt] / ˈflæʃˌlaɪt /




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But the case was a small flashlight that cast a wide beam, revealing how the insurance industry views its own business and you, the customer.

From MarketWatch Mar. 20, 2026

In experiments using mice, Edwards showed that this cancer detecting "flashlight" clearly illuminated tumors that produced EphA2.

From Science Daily Mar. 16, 2026

Expect snow and ice, and bring warm clothes, traction devices for your boots and a headlamp or flashlight for the 3-mile round-trip walk, rangers advise.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 15, 2026

As rain pounded the cloth of her makeshift tent in central Gaza one night recently, Jihan Khalaf kept watch with a flashlight to ensure her three children didn’t drown in their sleep.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 13, 2025

But then a smaller light—a flashlight? a penlight?—clicked on, hovering over Jonah’s desk.

From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix

Other images showed rescue workers with flashlights sifting through rubble.

From Barron's Aug. 1, 2026

County schools had to be issued flashlights to help children on their way to school.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 22, 2026

Ultraviolet flashlights attracted only a small number of isopods and never triggered the swirling formations.

From Science Daily Jul. 6, 2026

By Thursday morning, residents were lining up to buy first-aid kits, flashlights, solar chargers, duct tape and tents to drop off at donation sites that sprang up across a community known as “Doralzuela.”

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 26, 2026

Now it was like he wore an orange construction vest and carried those signaling flashlights they have at airports.

From "Millionaires for the Month" by Stacey McAnulty




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