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flit

verb as in flutter, move rapidly

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Its shadow flitted across the ground where Roz had just been.

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In the men's, Sato flitted around the rink with poise to maintain his lead from Friday's short programme, landing three quadruple jumps.

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With barely any time offscreen, Byrne has the opportunity to flit between monstrous and tender, turning in what may very well be the year’s finest performance in its most singularly affecting film.

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Best of all is Allergy – whose flitting percussion adds a casual swagger to Salieu's story of becoming "allergic to the bad vibes" after turning to scripture.

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Also, monarch butterflies flit among the tall stands of narrow leaf milkweed, the plant their caterpillars require to survive.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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