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Example Sentences

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The question is who suffers most—and who will blink first.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 18, 2026

“Coming in as a freshman I was like, ‘Oh, I have so much time,’ and now it has gone by in a blink of an eye,” she said.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 5, 2026

And so here we are: The people who made an A.I. so good that it’s the only one the Defense Department uses for its most sensitive tasks will decide whether to blink.

From Slate • Feb. 25, 2026

People were uploading old photographs of ancestors, then watching them blink, smile and move their heads as software "reanimated" their loved ones.

From BBC • Feb. 8, 2026

The lights in the building began to blink back on one after the other.

From "Boy 2.0" by Tracey Baptiste