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[flit] / flɪt /


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Silverblatt spent his entire career at S&P, a rarity among restless Wall Street hustlers who often flit between companies to climb the corporate ladder.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 3, 2026

Today, bicycles and bright yellow three-wheeled "keke" taxis flit along paved streets or new highway flyovers direct traffic over packed roundabouts.

From Barron's Nov. 12, 2025

Also, monarch butterflies flit among the tall stands of narrow leaf milkweed, the plant their caterpillars require to survive.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 26, 2025

Hargitay doesn’t flit between talking heads at warp speed to feed the viewer information, or overly rely on archival footage and old photos to make the film feel like a glorified Wikipedia deep dive.

From Salon Jun. 27, 2025

In the dim light, I saw fear flit across his face as if he were dreaming about the bad thing.

From "The Old Willis Place" by Mary Downing Hahn

Tech conglomerate SoftBank—a proxy for the AI trade—Advantest and Kioxia, to name a few, have oscillated sharply as market sentiment flits between euphoria over the technology’s long-term promise and pessimism over monetization and sky-high valuations.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 3, 2026

Pfeiffer’s Texan matriarch is a delight to watch as she flits about her house, decking the halls with warm, multicolored lights and seasonal throw pillows.

From Salon Dec. 3, 2025

“The CEO’s attention flits onto something else, and they never systematize the change,” Sigelman said.

From Seattle Times Feb. 28, 2024

Ben Affleck flits in and out of this like a little-seen hummingbird.

From New York Times Feb. 16, 2024

A hummingbird flits into view with its bejeweled magenta-green chest, its whirring wings.

From "I Can Make This Promise" by Christine Day

Godwill Kukonki – Another player who has flitted between the under-18 and under-21 sides this season.

From BBC Apr. 29, 2026

Oil prices flitted between small gains and losses, with U.S. crude futures ending the day up less than 0.1% at $91.29 a barrel.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 15, 2026

My mind flitted back to a conversation I had with my physical therapist about modern love: Dating in L.A. has become monotonous.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 27, 2026

Timothee Chalamet, nominated for best actor in "Marty Supreme," flashed a smile while fellow Best Actor contenders Micahel B. Jordan and Ethan Hawke also flitted around the annual luncheon in Beverly Hills.

From Barron's Feb. 11, 2026

Pixies flitted about my nose and buzzed in my ears.

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff

He believes “we’re going to have many more people that live in different places and are flitting around, renting here and renting out there.”

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 12, 2026

He’s both movie-star hunky and action-star engrossing, flitting between these two deceptively binary ends without breaking a sweat.

From Salon Mar. 21, 2026

Fittingly, Daniel Pemberton’s score has that same sense of free-ranging curiosity, flitting between genres at will.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 18, 2026

Rates flitting back below 6% isn’t out of the question this year.

From Barron's Mar. 8, 2026

Sleepy as she was, her mind would not stop flitting from one worry to the next.

From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood




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