flicker
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“There was always a flicker of hope, and I don’t think we ever gave up on that,” says a soft-spoken Green, 43, sitting next to Forte.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
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
Nevertheless, Europe is benefiting from a flicker of activity in the defence sector, notably with the stock market debut in Amsterdam of Czech arms giant CSG, at $4.47 billion, the third-largest deal worldwide since January.
From Barron's ● Jul. 23, 2026
Catherine Wu, head of product for Claude Code at Anthropic, says the visual flicker was a side effect of a software team moving at a rapid pace, and prioritizing the rollout of new features.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 2026
Specks of gold flicker through her natural black bun.
From "The Manifestor Prophecy" by Angie Thomas
It flickers a bit as she realizes that the Robin to whom she was so close—she raised him herself; his father was just a one-night fling—had a more complicated life than she knew of.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 25, 2026
On the corner of another table, the flame from a candle flickers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 25, 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
The fire flickers in his eyes like he’s magic.
From "Starfish" by Akemi Dawn Bowman
Inexplicably, the lights flickered during the groom-mother dance.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 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
The computer made it to Pixar’s campus, flickered to life and brought Woody and Buzz back from the dead.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 20, 2026
Flares were let off, ticker tape flickered in the air and a stunning tifo rose from the terraces with an accompanying banner reading "For my town, for my club".
From BBC ● Nov. 25, 2025
From where she stood, Annabeth couldn’t see what was below, but the edge flickered with red light as if illuminated by huge fires.
From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan
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
Build a driveshaft for the second season, which was growing from a flickering hope to an alarming likelihood.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 1, 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
But everyone was yelling at me, or talking at me, or asking me questions, and the lights were flickering, and I couldn’t think.
From Absolutely Almost by Lisa Graff
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