blink
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"I predict a brutal Joshua win, early. It won't go past three rounds. Do not blink."
From BBC ● Jul. 25, 2026
"It's been a home for four years of our lives and it's gone in the blink of an eye," he added.
From BBC ● Jul. 7, 2026
The semiconductor industry so critical to artificial-intelligence systems didn’t even blink.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 25, 2026
Certainly not from the game itself; basketball moves fast, and a bummer can become a bust in a blink.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 12, 2026
I blink a bit and it seems okay.
From "Popcorn" by Rob Harrell
“When one blinks, will the rest stop investing in the buildout?”
From MarketWatch ● May 15, 2026
“He could break down a play, like, ‘If you steer him left he’ll only drive 16% of the time, if he blinks twice he’s shooting,’” Myers said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 12, 2026
It's who blinks first or last wins or loses, and that's what you want to watch.
From BBC ● May 2, 2026
In many cases, blinks were treated as unwanted interruptions and removed from the data.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 23, 2025
Jay blinks fast but keeps her eyes on the road.
From "On the Come Up" by Angie Thomas
It was the U.S Treasury market that blinked first and threatened dysfunction.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 24, 2026
If the D&B C-suite had any initial misgivings about putting their chips on raves, no one I spoke to blinked.
From Slate ● Jun. 25, 2026
Pep Guardiola's Manchester City have blinked first in the Premier League title run-in as they stumbled to a draw against Nottingham Forest.
From BBC ● Mar. 4, 2026
Hours after the final protocol was published last Thursday, setting “alarm bells ringing in the global health community,” in the words of one London medical professor, the administration blinked.
From Salon ● Jan. 21, 2026
Llewelyn’s eye blinked open for a moment, but he shut it right away when he realized Danny was watching him.
From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova
Now you are blinking at the screen, as unread emails or your boss's requests morph into visions of Jude Bellingham's flying header.
From BBC ● Jul. 6, 2026
A dozen members of the French navy scour screens for blinking lights indicating movement thousands of kilometres away near the Strait of Hormuz.
From Barron's ● May 1, 2026
The devotion is well-earned: Smith can quote Jefferson verbatim and cites Seneca and Enlightenment philosophers without blinking.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 16, 2026
In that moment of blinking, the whole system kind of said, Wait a minute, maybe this guy doesn’t have all of this power.
From Slate ● Mar. 30, 2026
She was blinking so much that Nathan wondered if she was trying not to cry.
From "Healer of the Water Monster" by Brian Young
