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The Stars and Stripes flutter close to a banner for the US Navy and another for the Marine Corps.

From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2026

“It affects us all,” said Hussein, 22, who lives and works near Sparkhill, a largely Muslim neighborhood in Birmingham, where Palestinian flags flutter above shops and festoon a nearby park.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 7, 2026

That’s the scenario posed by a new piece of commentary doing the rounds over the weekend, which has caused quite a flutter online.

From MarketWatch ● Feb. 23, 2026

In Nepal's eastern plains, rival political flags depicting blue bells and red suns flutter over tea farms and brick homes -- symbols of a local election campaign shaping landmark nationwide polls.

From Barron's ● Feb. 19, 2026

The pages flutter as the surface of the ink ripples below.

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern

An American flag flutters above the red brick building, while merchants cluster and converse outside its entrance.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026

A mud-stained Venezuelan flag, tied to a pole, flutters in the Caribbean breeze.

From Barron's ● Jul. 4, 2026

Iran’s flag before the 1979 revolution — green, white and red with a lion and a rising sun — flutters from many overhangs.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 1, 2026

Metres away, just beyond the border post, an Iranian flag flutters in the snow.

From BBC ● Jan. 16, 2026

Still another one swoops, flutters, and then lands on his wrist.

From "The Adoration of Jenna Fox" by Mary E. Pearson

Notes of well wishes fluttered against the trunk as music rang out, and the group joined hands and swayed in unison for an "elm dance", which some nature lovers and activists believe helps trees heal.

From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026

Hundreds of green Turkmen flags fluttered in the desert wind, held up by women in red, purple, blue and green outfits.

From Barron's ● Apr. 21, 2026

Four U.A.E. flags fluttered from the roof in the afternoon breeze, while a small fleet of roughly two dozen school buses stood idle beside the compound.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 1, 2026

Amid fading light, the delicate fledglings fluttered in a wind portending a storm.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 21, 2025

Nanuq’s eyes fluttered open for a second, and he let out an exhausted little huff.

From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz

“If I’m giving a gift … I just think there’s something more personal for them opening a card and having that piece of paper come fluttering out,” Bell said.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 9, 2026

Users say the devices have also registered a “bear” when it was a raccoon, a dog, even a fluttering flag.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 5, 2026

The assumption was that he was fluttering his eyelashes at Real Madrid.

From BBC ● Apr. 26, 2026

Geishas, known as geikos in Kyoto, and apprentices called maikos have been donning elaborate costumes and fluttering fans since the Miyako Odori -- or "capital city dance" -- first started in 1872.

From Barron's ● Apr. 3, 2026

I’d forgotten how they looked—torn by brambles, stained and faded to the color of earth and moss, fluttering in rags and tatters.

From "The Old Willis Place" by Mary Downing Hahn