flashlight
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The rescuers formed a human chain in the pitch black, using only a small flashlight.
From Barron's ● Jul. 4, 2026
He has a notebook, a pen, a flashlight and about 15 hours’ worth of oxygen.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 27, 2026
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
She’s got her flashlight off, so I can only see the outline of her face in the darkness.
From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy
A crew of men with blackened faces wearing steel hats with flashlights attached stands in the dark “Anthracite Coal Mine Near Pottsville, Pennsylvania,” photographed by Jack Delano in 1938.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026
Ultraviolet flashlights attracted only a small number of isopods and never triggered the swirling formations.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 6, 2026
Some residents ran through the streets with flashlights, while emergency vehicles briefly lit up the roads.
From Barron's ● Jun. 25, 2026
A stray orange cat; a séance in a hostel; a “nearsighted galoot” who decodes cryptic messages from Radio Pyongyang; flashlights that aren’t just flashlights — these bread crumbs guide us to the novel’s denouement.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 2, 2025
My father equipped us with flashlights, and I had to wear my watch and synchronize it with his.
From "Interpreter of Maladies" by Jhumpa Lahiri
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