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flicker

[flik-er] / ˈflɪk ər /




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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

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

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

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

I’ve touched other Remarkables’ hands before and never made their Glow flicker.

From "The Manifestor Prophecy" by Angie Thomas

"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

Ms. Ziegler’s sardonic humor flickers or flares in virtually every scene.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 12, 2026

Board members are betting the company, which has shown flickers of a turnaround, is worth more than the offers on the table.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 6, 2025

My mind flickers back to her room and I suddenly feel my hand beneath the floor, grasping the small leather book.

From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin

Kylian Mbappe hovered surreptitiously in the shadows, only noticeable as the lights flickered off the beaming white number 10 on his broad royal blue back.

From BBC Jun. 27, 2026

The sound of Billie Eilish drifted overhead as candles flickered along every visible surface of Boom, the penthouse lounge crowning the Standard hotel in Manhattan’s Meatpacking District.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 18, 2026

"Grabham's behaviour in court never changed. He showed absolutely no emotion. Nothing flickered across his face."

From BBC Feb. 7, 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

Movement flickered in the attic window, snagging his gaze.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman

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

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

A flickering banner stretched over their heads: THE ACES.

From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton




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