blink
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"It's been a home for four years of our lives and it's gone in the blink of an eye," he added.
From BBC ● Jul. 7, 2026
In a blink of an eye those childhood heroes became a cut-to in the crowd - Ronaldo, the original, with Roberto Carlos and Kaka - greying legends in suits instead of swashbuckling boots.
From BBC ● Jun. 21, 2026
“I don’t mandate it. With Justin, I really just showed him where I thought it would be advantageous, and he didn’t blink for a second and was excited to attack it.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 17, 2026
Twenty years later, she says the time between the original and the sequel feels like a blink.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 6, 2026
I blink a tear free and can’t help noticing the irony: Even though he’s gone, he’s still looking out for me, while my father, who’s alive and well, can’t be bothered to know me.
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
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"We try to make it fun," says Cem Bakiş, head of business development at WaterH, which has a glowing ring that blinks in order to prompt its owner to take a drink.
From BBC ● Jun. 22, 2026
“When one blinks, will the rest stop investing in the buildout?”
From MarketWatch ● May 15, 2026
A sign reading “Where Vietnamese coffee talks…” blinks overhead in the alley leading to this speakeasy-like cafe in the Old Quarter.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 17, 2026
"For instance, is there a strategic timing of a person's blinks so they would not miss out on what is being said?"
From Science Daily ● Dec. 23, 2025
The one that got two blinks was THE ANCESTORS.
From "Silent To The Bone" by E.L. Konigsburg
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It was the U.S Treasury market that blinked first and threatened dysfunction.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 24, 2026
If the D&B C-suite had any initial misgivings about putting their chips on raves, no one I spoke to blinked.
From Slate ● Jun. 25, 2026
When Bean finally told his family he was gay, in 1996 — three years before clueing in an unsuspecting public via a Miami Herald article — none of his loved ones blinked.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 7, 2026
Pep Guardiola's Manchester City have blinked first in the Premier League title run-in as they stumbled to a draw against Nottingham Forest.
From BBC ● Mar. 4, 2026
Natalie blinked in the bright lights of the camera.
From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz
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At the end, a line of people stood blinking at the world, amazed at the clarity and detail many had forgotten or, for some, had never known.
From Barron's ● May 27, 2026
Someone might have blepharospasms, a dystonia affecting the muscles around the eyes, which results in uncontrollable twitching and blinking.
From Slate ● Apr. 18, 2026
The devotion is well-earned: Smith can quote Jefferson verbatim and cites Seneca and Enlightenment philosophers without blinking.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 16, 2026
Following more than 300 hours of searching, divers finally spotted the blinking of the miner's torch light, which Zapata had turned on and off to alert them to his location.
From BBC ● Apr. 9, 2026
They just sat at the table, blinking at me, their shoulders slumped like when our dog, Biscuit, ran away.
From Absolutely Almost by Lisa Graff