news flash

Example Sentences

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Nothing about the very obvious messages here—about colonialism, religious fanaticism, institutionalized violence and the exploitation of native peoples—amounts to a news flash.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026

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

But after one season as the Volunteers’ coach, he was walking through a hotel lobby when he saw news flash on the ticker that shook him:

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 17, 2023

Here’s a news flash: These supposedly binding offers do not, in fact, oblige you to attend.

From New York Times • Dec. 18, 2021

“Well, I have a news flash for you—we aren’t dead,” I said, “so that shoots down your poisoning theory.”

From "Dead End in Norvelt" by Jack Gantos