flicker
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Catherine Wu, head of product for Claude Code at Anthropic, says the visual flicker was a side effect of a software team moving at a rapid pace, and prioritizing the rollout of new features.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026
Away from the television storyline, when he was about four weeks old, Harvey failed his newborn screening hearing test, and his mum noticed a flicker in his eye around the same time.
From BBC • Mar. 19, 2026
"As the visible light began to flicker and dim, the infrared light spiked. Which could mean that the material blocking the star is hot -- so hot that it's glowing in the infrared."
From Science Daily • Mar. 11, 2026
A flicker that sharpens the sweetness and makes you reach instinctively for another square.
From Salon • Mar. 5, 2026
Two days later, she bent to pick up a dropped spoon, only to find that her toes had begun to flicker like the dying flames in the hearth.
From "How to Disappear Completely" by Ali Standish
Vocabulary lists containing flicker
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"The Song of Wandering Aengus" and "Sonnet 43," Vocabulary from the poems
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