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

Nhamo turned her flashlight on only when she couldn’t see by the light of the torches.

From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer