flitting
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Fireflies at dusk, flitting around outdoor gatherings as cousins trade jokes with a friendly, rough-and-tumble edge.
From Salon ● Jul. 1, 2026
He believes “we’re going to have many more people that live in different places and are flitting around, renting here and renting out there.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026
Rates flitting back below 6% isn’t out of the question this year.
From Barron's ● Mar. 8, 2026
At a stoplight, my gaze will magnetically travel north to the Santa Monica Mountains blanketed in a golden charred brown, and I travel back to hiking those trails, surrounded by sage, lavender and flitting bluebirds.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 9, 2025
I watch a brown trout mistake the flitting shadow of a dragonfly for the thing itself and dart to the surface.
From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri
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