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With the blink of an eye, years go by so fast covering high school athletes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026
But it is significant "if we can reduce the number of incidents, even by a little, where people lose their lives in the blink of an eye".
From Barron's ● Jul. 28, 2026
“Everyone thinks it’s going to slow down, where they’re looking for the first company to blink on capex expectations,” said Wagner.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
In the vast stretch of world history, 250 years is a blip, a flash, a blink of the eye.
From BBC ● Jul. 4, 2026
Tears are piling up behind my eyes so hard, I blink and look away.
From "Popcorn" by Rob Harrell
“When one blinks, will the rest stop investing in the buildout?”
From MarketWatch ● May 15, 2026
It's who blinks first or last wins or loses, and that's what you want to watch.
From BBC ● May 2, 2026
A sign reading “Where Vietnamese coffee talks…” blinks overhead in the alley leading to this speakeasy-like cafe in the Old Quarter.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 17, 2026
Researchers also observed additional disruptions in eye turning during accommodation and reduced effectiveness of eye blinks in triggering pupil constriction in myopic eyes.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 19, 2026
Jay blinks fast but keeps her eyes on the road.
From "On the Come Up" by Angie Thomas
The sun disappeared, the streetlights blinked on, and a shiver passed through the crowd that had nothing to do with the temperature.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026
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
When Bean finally told his family he was gay, in 1996 — three years before clueing in an unsuspecting public via a Miami Herald article — none of his loved ones blinked.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 7, 2026
I blinked at it for a second, confused.
From "Glitch" by Laura Martin
The other day, I found myself looking at a blinking cursor in a blank address bar in a new tab of my web browser.
From Salon ● Aug. 23, 2026
Back home, those fans who stayed up late - or got up very early - emerged blinking into the early morning sunshine as they reflected on a result which sees Scotland top their group.
From BBC ● Jun. 14, 2026
Installations, complete with blinking lights, video and music, now occupy former intake, surgery and recovery floors.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 20, 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
Anya could imagine his round face, scrunched with confusion, blinking slowly as he tried to work out how best to help the mountain hulking before him.
From Anya and the Dragon by Sofiya Pasternack
