flashing
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“I’ve got a gray uniform on, I expect boos. It’s OK,” he said, flashing that bright smile.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026
But as of today, credit is flashing yellow.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 1, 2026
During a livestream, an ambulance with its lights flashing could be seen leaving the prison.
From Barron's ● Oct. 1, 2026
The commercial sector, including the iconic Strip lighted up by flashing neon signs that flank air-conditioned clubs and casinos, accounts for about two-fifths of the city’s total electricity demand, according to the U.S.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026
The air whirred with the wingbeats of weaverbirds, flashing bright yellow as they fussed over their funneled nests in branches overhanging the water.
From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo
The gap between the two flashings was now 2 inches!
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 8, 2024
But the endless flashings of the different linings on the beat of musical flourishes — and the visible struggles that some choristers on Sunday had with the magnets — grew tiresome.
From New York Times ● Feb. 27, 2023
Here's my best definition: Roof flashings are transitional materials that connect a roof to something that’s not a roof.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 19, 2022
Roofers who swear that high-performance caulk will provide no leaks must use expert skills to get the caulk to bond to all the flashings and the things the flashings touch.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 19, 2022
Archie turned away from Brother Jacques and watched the ambulance making its careful progress out of the athletic field, the rotating blue light casting emergency flashings all over the place.
From "The Chocolate War" by Robert Cormier
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