firefly
Example Sentences
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There was such a discussion about how a firefly flashes — How many seconds?
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 27, 2025
Scribner: We have over 50 automated elements, including the turntable, lifts, firefly hatches in the deck — they’re individually programmable pieces, but they’re run by operators who press buttons rhythmically and in the right order.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 27, 2025
“It takes the light coming from the firefly and bends it and amplifies it so we can see it in glorious detail,” he told BBC News.
From BBC • Dec. 11, 2024
The paper reveals that the decline in firefly populations is not uniform across all climates or regions.
From Science Daily • Apr. 29, 2024
The orb then turns into a firefly, and the insect starts to fly away.
From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
