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Some of them work by gently blowing air across the fabric, making it flutter and lift, so that it can then be sucked towards a gripper and clamped into place, for example.

From BBC ● May 18, 2026

If you’ve caught yourself muttering Carlton Fisk wouldn’t have given anyone a fist bump, then Raleigh’s snub probably makes your cold heart flutter.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 16, 2026

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

Nerves started to flutter in her stomach, but a starfolk approached with a food cart.

From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton

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

From Barron's ● Jul. 4, 2026

Investors might want to listen to any flutters in their stomachs ahead of today’s Federal Reserve decision on interest rates.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 29, 2025

Blue and white ribbons and streamers have been stretched high across the streets of the shopping district and, in the old port, bunting flutters from the boats bobbing in the Mediterranean.

From BBC ● May 23, 2025

It trails across the ground, flutters in the air and beguiles you, just like this film.

From New York Times ● Mar. 28, 2024

The Courtney butterfly in my stomach flutters in a haphazard circle; there’s a Jupiter butterfly in there as well, which is confusing, and that’s why I have to ask the question.

From "Odd One Out" by Nic Stone

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

The album covers fluttered like the display on a slot machine.

From Slate ● Aug. 4, 2025

California, Guatemala and El Salvador — fluttered over the crowd.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 13, 2025

Seven’s old-lady heart fluttered, and they made their way to the lower level of the hall, shuffling along as other Ravenskillians began to arrive.

From "Witchlings" by Claribel A. Ortega

“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

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

The fluttering I felt near my ankles was to mimic the sensation of a running critter.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 26, 2026

With a Welsh flag fluttering above her wheelchair, Avril "fell in love" with Philadelphia and its people, receiving the warmest of welcomes.

From BBC ● Jan. 17, 2026

I now had three pixies fluttering around my head.

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff