flutter
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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
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 theatrics seemed to work, as a membership sometimes mocked for its mild-mannered approach got to its collective feet and filled the air with whoops of approval and the flutter of hundreds of mini flags.
From BBC • Sep. 20, 2025
They cascade down her back and flutter gently in the breeze while she remains still as stone.
From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern
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