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blinker

[bling-ker] / ˈblɪŋ kər /




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Realizing it was in a must-turn-right lane, the Waymo flicked on its left blinker, wavered toward the middle lane, changed its mind, and turned right—away from the hotel.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026

“The ships don’t just turn on their left-hand blinker and make a left turn back to Los Angeles. It takes a little bit of work,” Seroka said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 15, 2023

Image: Blue Tiger I also spotted this upcoming POC Omne Eternal bike helmet, which uses the cells to power a flashing rear safety blinker.

From The Verge ● Aug. 17, 2022

They are tools to awe and blinker, to intimidate and cow, with displays of superiority.

From Washington Post ● Feb. 28, 2022

My father put his blinker on, but there was no reason for him to turn.

From "All American Boys" by Jason Reynolds

Hoping to improve Chief Wallabee’s focus, Mott will have the colt race in blinkers for the first time in the Derby.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 29, 2026

But even he has blinkers on: Yes, 1975 might have been a great, great time in New York, despite garbage strikes, crime rates and municipal bankruptcy.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 18, 2025

On Saturday evening, Owen Farrell - so forward-focused he might as well be in blinkers - may finally allow himself to reflect.

From BBC ● Nov. 17, 2022

Your concern, as your friend doesn’t grasp, is not just for those wrongs but for the moral blinkers — the defects of character or culture — that prevent this man from seeing the wrong.

From New York Times ● May 20, 2022

Given our wings, our blinkers, it’s hard to look up, hard to get the full view, of the sky, of anything.

From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood




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