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And to create this air of discomfort, Fennell crafted a movie that darts from hopeful to despairingly bleak in the blink of an eye.
From Salon ● Oct. 2, 2026
Around 631,000 years ago — a geological blink of an eye — catastrophe unfolded in what is now north-western Wyoming, US.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026
With the blink of an eye, years go by so fast covering high school athletes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026
It is a case of "blink, and you'll miss it", the investment bank says.
From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026
She had to blink a few times to make sure the sight was real, much as Hamlet might have done at the sight of his father’s ghost appearing on the ramparts of the castle.
From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood
“When one blinks, will the rest stop investing in the buildout?”
From MarketWatch ● May 15, 2026
“He could break down a play, like, ‘If you steer him left he’ll only drive 16% of the time, if he blinks twice he’s shooting,’” Myers said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 12, 2026
It's who blinks first or last wins or loses, and that's what you want to watch.
From BBC ● May 2, 2026
They have become accustomed to rising from bed whenever the electricity blinks on, no matter the hour, to cook and do laundry.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 4, 2026
His eyes are watering, and he blinks a few times.
From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller
The sun disappeared, the streetlights blinked on, and a shiver passed through the crowd that had nothing to do with the temperature.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026
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
I instinctively blinked back as happy tears streamed down my cheek.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 13, 2026
She blinked but didn’t look at me or speak.
From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff
For me, among so many other things, I enjoy without measure watching great reporters crack their knuckles and create a saga where once stood a blinking cursor.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 26, 2026
The other day, I found myself looking at a blinking cursor in a blank address bar in a new tab of my web browser.
From Salon ● Aug. 23, 2026
Fans filed into pubs and clubs ahead of the 02:00 BST kick-off and emerged blinking in the dawn light.
From BBC ● Jun. 28, 2026
Robert "Madyar" Brovdi's underground command post features walls of blinking screens playing footage of Ukrainian drones attacking Russian troops, frontline maps, and scoreboards of destroyed targets.
From Barron's ● Jun. 10, 2026
Jabir looked away from her a moment, blinking hard.
From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray
