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As the vet administered the euthanasia that ended Cosmo’s suffering, I cooed to him Queen’s “You’re My Best Friend” until his paws didn’t flutter anymore.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 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

Pure climbers have calm body language: quiet shoulders, steady hips, legs that flutter on the pedals instead of pounding away.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2025

Veronika let the paper flutter to the floor.

From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood

Little wonder that the language of lepidoptery, with its lively flutters of phrase, has attracted so many literary types and other thinkers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026

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 was silly, after everything we’d been through tonight, how that little promise sent flutters through my stomach, and made me unable to speak.

From "Twilight" by Stephenie Meyer

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

From BBC ● Jun. 18, 2026

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

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 21, 2025

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

My heart fluttered so quickly and irregularly it made me see spots, landing me in the hospital for monitoring.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2025

But it didn’t matter: Their good intentions fluttered like dark birds above the city streets.

From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti

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

"With atypical absences that last longer, people may have automatic movements like fidgeting with their hands, eyelid fluttering and lip smacking. Some people may fall."

From BBC ● Aug. 19, 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

Each time the Storm drove down the court, there was Johnson, her ponytail fluttering as she skirted around the arc before driving into the paint, nonchalantly tossing up layups as if it was still shootaround.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 7, 2026

Cecilia, looking like a vibrant mariposa in a purple tunic, her hair blossoming with sprigs of lavender, was fluttering about the kitchen looking confused and agitated.

From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall