flashing

Example Sentences

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As the UN Secretary General António Guterres has put it, "every key climate indicator is flashing red".

From BBC • Apr. 15, 2026

It’s fueling the A.I. bubble, it’s coming to your retirement portfolio—and it’s flashing a lot of warning signs right now.

From Slate • Apr. 3, 2026

He was a 25-year-old tinkering with self-tanners, but all the intrigue and action seemed to be around the lab next door, with its strange music, flashing lights and tinfoil covering the porthole.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 18, 2026

Writing on X, Robert A. Pape, a longtime scholar of terrorism, posted: “After tracking terrorism for 25 years, this is a flashing red light — as bright as I’ve seen prior to a serious attack.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 18, 2026

My footsteps echo across the hold until I reach the flashing blue light above the metal door.

From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera