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flickering

ADJECTIVE
shining unsteadily
Synonyms


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Refn is so enraptured by the sight of strobes flickering across Thatcher’s mannequin-flawless features that, by the end of the film, I needed a break from her face.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 23, 2026

Absorbed students carefully threaded wires into junction boxes to make circuits connected to lights, bulbs flickering on one by one to signal a job well done.

From Barron's Jul. 8, 2026

The world watched as Bad Bunny and his dancers performed on top of utility poles, accompanied by sparks and flickering power lines across the stage.

From BBC Jun. 12, 2026

At one point father and baby ate grass together, the big grass fronds flickering around their heads as they chomped.

From Slate May 27, 2026

I can almost taste her jollof rice and see the flickering light in her apartment kitchen.

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer




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