flicker
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Their pages don’t flicker with pop-up ads or interrupt one book to tell you about others you might want to read.
From Salon ● Jul. 23, 2026
Upstairs, children pore over schoolbooks, mothers prepare lunch and television sets flicker in cramped living rooms, all against the constant background noise of shredders whining and baling presses pounding below.
From Barron's ● Jul. 18, 2026
Stopping out of concern, they realize this is no normal accident, seeing the eerie man in the distance who disappears in the flicker of their hazard lights.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 22, 2026
Only then did Rai show a flicker of emotion.
From BBC ● May 17, 2026
A flicker at first, like before—a faint quiver you’d miss if you blinked.
From "The First State of Being" by Erin Entrada Kelly
Israel’s battered tourism industry is showing rare flickers of life this summer.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
"No matter how difficult times are, I believe that humans always manage to find flickers of levity and deep wells of love," she said.
From BBC ● May 19, 2026
Inside an underground shelter at a hospital in the Israeli city of Haifa, a television screen flickers with images of Iranian missiles as doctors and midwives deliver Sarah Bird's third child.
From Barron's ● Apr. 10, 2026
Even in this abysmal situation, there are flickers of positivity for the Chargers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 15, 2025
The wall of flames flickers furiously and separates us from the others.
From "The Manifestor Prophecy" by Angie Thomas
As lights flickered on along the passageways, I followed my guide further inside.
From BBC ● Jul. 11, 2026
In one recording of a WhatsApp video call seen by AFP, the scammer, appearing lifelike as the prince, flickered on the screen.
From Barron's ● Jul. 3, 2026
Claude Code was released to the public last year, months after it flickered to life on Cherny’s screen.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 21, 2026
Blinding white lights flickered, giving the audience small flashes of Lady Gaga as she took the 68th Grammy Awards stage Sunday.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 1, 2026
The domovoi flickered as he lay on the floor, transforming from dog to cat to old man.
From Anya and the Dragon by Sofiya Pasternack
He saw Bori’s flickering silhouette gripping the bars.
From Slate ● Aug. 11, 2026
To McKinnon, it comes down to the “tradition of humans telling a story by flickering light” harking back to prehistoric times.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 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
He thought of all the lights of the world flickering out, one by one.
From "The First State of Being" by Erin Entrada Kelly
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