flashing
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The big flashing sign has come in South Carolina.
From Slate ● Nov. 4, 2026
He said they activated flashing signs close by the bridge when vehicles of a certain height drove past.
From BBC ● Oct. 29, 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 it’s glossed over a lot of parts of the economy that are at least flashing caution signs.”
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 13, 2026
Dr. Spires held out a pamphlet, flashing a reassuring smile.
From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas
When the photon crashes into your outdoor flag, wood deck, house paint, metal roof or flashings, it splits molecules apart and rips atoms off objects.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 30, 2024
The metal counterflashing that was attached to the chimney was cut so a 1/4-inch gap remained above the step flashings on the roof.
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
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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