flicker
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With her sharp features, geometric haircut and form-fitting black ensembles, she’s a Bond villain minus the martial arts skills — icy but with a flicker of feeling, which makes her interesting.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2026
It was a gutty recovery by Alcaraz, but Zverev’s performance was also a bit of a flicker for men’s tennis.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 30, 2026
Much like stars shimmer when seen through Earth's atmosphere, pulsar radio signals also flicker as they move through space.
From Science Daily • Jan. 6, 2026
Travis Head – 8 – Any flicker of hope England might have had was snuffed out by a century from South Australia's favourite son in the second innings.
From BBC • Dec. 20, 2025
She did no exclaiming; only a flicker in her eyes told that she had found her answer.
From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell
Vocabulary lists containing flicker
Unit 4: Powerful Openings
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"The Song of Wandering Aengus" by W.B. Yeats
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"The Song of Wandering Aengus" and "Sonnet 43," Vocabulary from the poems
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