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In the capital Hanoi, patriotic red-and-yellow banners flutter from lampposts and traffic lights, extolling the "national festival" where people "eagerly cast ballots".

From Barron's ● Mar. 14, 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

The Empire State Building in bustling Manhattan is now equipped with super sensitive microphones, tuning into bird calls and the slightest flutter of insects amid the cacophony of the concrete jungle.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 2, 2026

This summer I visited the city where I always feel the flutter of familiarity.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2025

Yet, as he dropped into slumber, he recalled Adaon’s dream and felt a shadow like the flutter of a dark wing.

From "The Black Cauldron" by Lloyd Alexander

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

A note flutters between two pages of the diary, as it once fluttered down to her: “My dearest—I sit here studying your features. You are perfectly beautiful!!”

From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield

Two days later, thousands of Scots returned for Pride Night as the Toronto Blue Jays fluttered into town.

From BBC ● Jun. 18, 2026

The ravenous audience, almost entirely women, fluttered dollar bills all around, while easily filling the saloon’s 300-person capacity.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 2, 2026

Before Allbirds fluttered into NewBirdAI, I asked Cooper to look at whether companies announcing a pivot to AI have been getting a stock boost.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 21, 2026

Blue-and-white Israeli flags fluttered in the wind, as mourners held the young lieutenant's portrait alongside a homemade banner reading: "We will remember forever."

From Barron's ● Nov. 11, 2025

Glimmer fluttered up to Roz’s shoulder and gave her a big hug.

From "The Wild Robot Protects" by Peter Brown

Moth swarms so thick they can blot out the stars are fluttering across Australia, heralding a migratory spectacle unseen since the creature's brush with extinction nearly 10 years ago.

From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026

“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

Even Warbeak was beginning to feel the effects of prolonged low nighttime fluttering, through the woodlands, around trees, over bushes; it was not the same as a clear, clean flight through the upper atmosphere.

From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques