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Johor residents have protested over dust pollution and flash floods linked to data centre construction, as operators build closer to residential areas.
From Barron's ● Nov. 8, 2026
November gives skywatchers several chances to see meteors flash across the darkness.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 6, 2026
For CVS, a looming flash point involves its pharmacy benefit manager, Caremark.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 6, 2026
The WSJ’s Rolfe Winkler reports that for years, tech giant Apple was the world’s biggest buyer of flash, the chips in iPhones that store photos, music and apps.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026
I see the flash of eyes all around me, the tucking of hair behind ears and shifting of bodies.
From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy
Scientists have achieved a new world record by producing extraordinarily intense X-ray flashes that last just 300 attoseconds, an almost unimaginably brief period of time.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 8, 2026
There were flashes of promise, but by and large it was a shaky debut season, one that did not live up to Antonelli's billing as potentially the next generational talent.
From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2026
There have been, it seems, a thousand flashes in the pan: Beto O’Rourke’s rolled-up shirtsleeves, Anthony Weiner’s city-kid mouthiness, Graham Platner’s stupid little butch mustache.
From Slate ● Oct. 27, 2026
The book abruptly flashes back to 1992 to focus on George Washington Jonson, a black Atlantis cop.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026
She saw flashes of orange between everyone’s feet.
From "Sleepover Sleuths: Nancy Drew and the Clue Crew, #1" by Carolyn Keene
Information flashed up on screens with updates from Operation Moonbeam.
From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2026
“Now Hiring” flashed on one man’s screen as he scrolled.
From Slate ● Oct. 26, 2026
Knecht’s role had greatly diminished since he flashed his scoring potential as a rookie.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2026
Something in the water flashed at him, and “about half an hour later, Marshall crawled out of the tailrace, cradling his hat to his chest like a hurt child,” exclaiming, “I have found it.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
Then she softened her tone, flashed a winning smile, and added, “And together we will make wonderful music.”
From "City Spies" by James Ponti
The big flashing sign has come in South Carolina.
From Slate ● Nov. 4, 2026
He said they activated flashing signs close by the bridge when vehicles of a certain height drove past.
From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026
“Now just waiting for my brothers to be free,” Dipke said in a social-media post with a photo of other Cockroach Party members flashing victory signs while in police custody.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026
A stock-market trading indicator that had been flashing “sell” since May no longer is as pessimistic toward stocks.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026
The movie truck rattled behind me on the street, the backward lettering of Metro Studio flashing in its reflection in the shop window.
From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu
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