flicker
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As it steadily gains steam from its spare opening bars, the number has tornado sirens harmonizing while lives flicker and disappear like sparks flying off a firecracker’s fuse.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 12, 2026
When the signal finally did flicker back into life there was a long silence before the voice of Christina Koch crackled back to mission control, evoking memories of the Apollo era.
From BBC • Apr. 6, 2026
"As the visible light began to flicker and dim, the infrared light spiked. Which could mean that the material blocking the star is hot -- so hot that it's glowing in the infrared."
From Science Daily • Mar. 11, 2026
“Once in a Lifetime” is part video display and part sculpture, made of tripods, toothpicks, lights, cardboard boxes and projectors that flicker images on the gallery walls.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 2, 2026
The fire gave a final flicker and went out.
From "Rowan of Rin" by Emily Rodda
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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