flash
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And perhaps counter-intuitively, prolonged dry weather can raise the risk of flash flooding when it eventually does rain.
From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026
Researchers believe both died at the same time, possibly during a flash flood or mudslide.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 30, 2026
The Vances, however, can’t seem to shake off suspicions that they loathe each other, no matter how many smiles they flash at the camera.
From Salon ● Jul. 29, 2026
On the same day, flash estimate Spanish and German inflation data for July are released.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
But then a light begins to glow that does not flash.
From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz
Their fateful interactions are told through crisp flashes of memory, skillfully rendered with spare elegance by the translator Hillel Halkin.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
Since, the team has had more downs than ups at the position, although it saw some flashes last season from rookie Oronde Gadsden II, a talented pass catcher.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026
He showed his quality in flashes but wasn't able to show his top level consistently, though did score a hat-trick in the third-place play-off against France.
From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2026
When a charged particle passes through a scintillator, the material gives off tiny flashes of visible light.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 17, 2026
Madge flashes her big sunshine smile, which makes me almost forget everything.
From "Muffled" by Jennifer Gennari
"The screen went blank, flashed several times and the phone appeared to restart," according to CBP officers.
From Barron's ● Jul. 29, 2026
As passengers chanted the incantation together, white light flashed through the carriage, and music swelled from the speakers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2026
He’s flashed his fangs at chair umpires and once got himself thrown out of a U.S.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 11, 2026
This time, a few seconds after the initial message, a second flashed up, that the safety car would stay out.
From BBC ● Jul. 5, 2026
The ceiling light flashed right off her hair and made it shine like a wall of dark water or something.
From "Firegirl" by Tony Abbott
The head of Instagram Adam Mosseri recently admitted that some users had tried to "drill off" the flashing light, but he claimed the latest updates meant doing so would render the glasses inoperable.
From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026
Public broadcaster NHK cited police sources as saying that between 20 and 30 employees could not be contacted, showing footage of emergency vehicles with flashing red lights outside.
From Barron's ● Jul. 28, 2026
But concerns flashing in the commodity and bond markets now look harder for stock investors to ignore.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 23, 2026
I must have only taken about 10 steps when the sea titan breached, its spotted skin flashing in the sunlight briefly before plunging beneath the waves.
From Salon ● Jul. 22, 2026
She looked around at the lights flashing in the server cabinets around them.
From "The School for Whatnots" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
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