flutter
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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
A Wall Street Journal report last week that model developer OpenAI has failed to meet internal targets sent only a brief flutter through AI-related stocks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 4, 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
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
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
A dog-eared punk zine flutters near a vellum-bound folio.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2025
My heart flutters with the memory of it.
From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton
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
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
Amid fading light, the delicate fledglings fluttered in a wind portending a storm.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 21, 2025
The album covers fluttered like the display on a slot machine.
From Slate ● Aug. 4, 2025
It fluttered its wings and landed on my hand.
From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff
“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
He flips the book open again, the pages fluttering and settling.
From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern
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