flashlight
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But the case was a small flashlight that cast a wide beam, revealing how the insurance industry views its own business and you, the customer.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 20, 2026
In experiments using mice, Edwards showed that this cancer detecting "flashlight" clearly illuminated tumors that produced EphA2.
From Science Daily • Mar. 16, 2026
One man climbed out of his car into the dark, shined a flashlight into his backpack, and brushed off the long, white sleeves of his cotton shirt.
From Slate • Jan. 27, 2026
As rain pounded the cloth of her makeshift tent in central Gaza one night recently, Jihan Khalaf kept watch with a flashlight to ensure her three children didn’t drown in their sleep.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 13, 2025
As the beam from his flashlight swept the floor, he spied a blanket and pillow laid out like a bed.
From "City Spies" by James Ponti
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