flicker
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With her sharp features, geometric haircut and form-fitting black ensembles, she’s a Bond villain minus the martial arts skills — icy but with a flicker of feeling, which makes her interesting.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 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
It was a gutty recovery by Alcaraz, but Zverev’s performance was also a bit of a flicker for men’s tennis.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 30, 2026
But Fiennes’ Kelson suggests that if all the lights do flicker out, sustaining our humanity will also be essential.
From Salon • Jan. 23, 2026
Once there appeared a strange optical effect: when he stood between me and the flame he did not obstruct it, for I could see its ghostly flicker all the same.
From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker
Vocabulary lists containing flicker
Unit 4: Powerful Openings
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"The Song of Wandering Aengus" by W.B. Yeats
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"The Song of Wandering Aengus" and "Sonnet 43," Vocabulary from the poems
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