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What were weaknesses then are, in the blink of an eye, strengths now.
From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2026
A tiny aquatic organism made of just one cell can compress its body to one quarter of its original length in under five milliseconds, hundreds of times faster than a person can blink.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 19, 2026
In a blink, she lands on the floor, breathless.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 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
Only a blink of time had passed, and wandering souls weren’t privy to these visions from the Afterlife.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
“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
They have become accustomed to rising from bed whenever the electricity blinks on, no matter the hour, to cook and do laundry.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 4, 2026
"For instance, is there a strategic timing of a person's blinks so they would not miss out on what is being said?"
From Science Daily ● Dec. 23, 2025
It blinks as brightly as it did three hundred and eighty years ago on the first day, when Ben pointed out the supply room.
From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera
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
He blinked furiously, trying to wash the dirt away but his eye felt scratchy and irritated.
From "Earthquake Terror" by Peg Kehret
Contacted by AFP, Meta said it has taken multiple steps to prevent tampering with the blinking LED light intended to show other people the device is recording -- a key concern of critics.
From Barron's ● Sep. 12, 2026
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
Fans filed into pubs and clubs ahead of the 02:00 BST kick-off and emerged blinking in the dawn light.
From BBC ● Jun. 28, 2026
Installations, complete with blinking lights, video and music, now occupy former intake, surgery and recovery floors.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 20, 2026
She just stood staring at it, blinking and looking confused, as if she didn’t know how to open her own front door.
From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall
