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news flash

[nooz flash, nyooz] / ˈnuz ˌflæʃ, ˈnyuz /


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Josh Beckerman writes corporate news flash headlines and articles on a wide range of topics for Dow Jones Newswires and The Wall Street Journal.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026

Much of the recent coverage about Russia and Ukraine reminds me of that Afghan news flash in 1987.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 26, 2025

To the millions who greedily gobbled up scuttlebutt about her legendary meanness over the years, this is far from a news flash.

From Salon • Oct. 30, 2024

In “A Lot of Nothing,” James and Vanessa, a Black couple, are watching television on the couch in their well-appointed Los Angeles home when a news flash alerts them to “another officer-involved shooting.”

From New York Times • Feb. 2, 2023

In Seattle a news flash from Oakland interrupted regular radio programming, and people who had been sitting dejectedly by the radio stood up and slapped each other on the back and shook hands.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown




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