blinker
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“The ships don’t just turn on their left-hand blinker and make a left turn back to Los Angeles. It takes a little bit of work,” Seroka said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 15, 2023
Image: Blue Tiger I also spotted this upcoming POC Omne Eternal bike helmet, which uses the cells to power a flashing rear safety blinker.
From The Verge ● Aug. 17, 2022
I turn my blinker on and shift into the passing lane.
From Slate ● Feb. 1, 2022
The suit alleged that Harper slowed down, activated her blinker and emergency lights and was looking for a safe place to pull over after trooper Rodney Dunn initiated a traffic stop in July 2020.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 19, 2021
I’ve counted 117 telephone poles and 3 traffic lights when Nana turns on her blinker, and I see the sign.
From "The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl" by Stacy McAnulty
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But even he has blinkers on: Yes, 1975 might have been a great, great time in New York, despite garbage strikes, crime rates and municipal bankruptcy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 18, 2025
In June last year, a Chinese navy vessel flashed blue lights and blinkers at a Philippine coastguard tugboat, the Philippine Daily Inquirer reported.
From BBC ● Feb. 13, 2023
That, plus the addition of blinkers, is not enough to help him here.
From New York Times ● May 19, 2022
To dismiss any role for biological factors is to don a different set of blinkers.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 10, 2022
The reins, the halters, the blinkers, the degrading nosebags, were thrown on to the rubbish fire which was burning in the yard.
From "Animal Farm: A Fairy Story" by George Orwell
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