flicker

U.S. manufacturers have increased their head count by 72,000 since December, a flicker of hope after years of declining employment.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026

Late in the third quarter, San Clemente attempted a flea flicker and San Juan Hills was on James the second he got the ball back.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 24, 2026

A group could be deep in conversation when the puck sprang to life, producing a brief, collective flicker of delight.

From Salon ● Oct. 17, 2026

Upstairs, children pore over schoolbooks, mothers prepare lunch and television sets flicker in cramped living rooms, all against the constant background noise of shredders whining and baling presses pounding below.

From Barron's ● Jul. 18, 2026

Lights flicker on above us and my feet lift off the ground, like there’s some invisible elevator carrying me upward.

From "Amari and the Night Brothers" by B.B. Alston

Inside an underground shelter at a hospital in the Israeli city of Haifa, a television screen flickers with images of Iranian missiles as doctors and midwives deliver Sarah Bird's third child.

From Barron's ● Apr. 10, 2026

Yet the most exacting enactment of Rosenzweig’s theology was private, where truth flickers in the risky traffic between souls.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 6, 2026

There have been flickers of improvement under German Rohl, who has won two of his first five games.

From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2025

Even in this abysmal situation, there are flickers of positivity for the Chargers.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 15, 2025

He hesitates, a beat of annoyance flickers through his eyes.

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam

As the lights flickered back on, baptism in blackout over, one attendee quipped that the show was now, officially, "very authentic".

From Barron's ● Oct. 3, 2026

As lights flickered on along the passageways, I followed my guide further inside.

From BBC ● Jul. 11, 2026

Families, in their various flavors, have been essential to television since that light first flickered on.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 15, 2026

Claude Code was released to the public last year, months after it flickered to life on Cherny’s screen.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 21, 2026

“His Glow flickered, and he hit the ground. What did I do, Dad?”

From "The Manifestor Prophecy" by Angie Thomas

He saw Bori’s flickering silhouette gripping the bars.

From Slate ● Aug. 11, 2026

Refn is so enraptured by the sight of strobes flickering across Thatcher’s mannequin-flawless features that, by the end of the film, I needed a break from her face.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026

Absorbed students carefully threaded wires into junction boxes to make circuits connected to lights, bulbs flickering on one by one to signal a job well done.

From Barron's ● Jul. 8, 2026

The world watched as Bad Bunny and his dancers performed on top of utility poles, accompanied by sparks and flickering power lines across the stage.

From BBC ● Jun. 12, 2026

Many locals and visitors believed the eerie tales of lights flickering on and off during the night, dishes falling on their own, and phantoms in the bathroom mirror.

From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas