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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

Each of these resorts has an undersea restaurant, where travelers can sip sparkling wine and eat crab and caviar as Rainbowfish flit by, and Blacktip sharks skulk in the distance.

From Salon ● Dec. 27, 2025

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

This time, expect nostalgia and a dream-pop soundtrack as players flit between the present day and the sun-kissed Michigan summer of 1995, unravelling the mystery at the heart of the game.

From BBC ● Feb. 16, 2025

I stand there in front of that water, staring out at them—watching them flit and fly and zoom, and I can’t help but smile.

From "King and the Dragonflies" by Kacen Callender

Ray’s camera flits, with arresting rhythm, between the players; Aparna flits her eyelids as she names Cleopatra during the first round.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 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

The film, alternately cheeky and humanist, flits between two visual languages, what Wang called “the movie of their lives and the movie that they’re in.”

From New York Times ● Feb. 13, 2024

She nods, stares another second at Max, and flits away in her nightgown.

From "The Light in Hidden Places" by Sharon Cameron

In cavernous, tomblike galleries, exquisite statuettes are softly spot-lit on stone shelves without labels, while images of deities painted by Rivera flitted across the ceiling above.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026

The Spanish, who had at first just flitted along the coast in their galleons, had begun marching inland and overland from Mexico with crosses and soldiers and soldiers’ families.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 2, 2026

Birmingham, Bolton and Norwich flitted between divisions for four successive seasons.

From BBC ● Apr. 22, 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

He flitted from one booth to the other with Brother Luke after him.

From "The Door in the Wall" by Marguerite de Angeli

These minute works are packed with detail: Their flickering candles, flitting moths and glowering skulls appear as if they’ve been excavated from some illuminated manuscript belonging to a long-vanished medieval sect.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 14, 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

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

From Barron's ● Mar. 8, 2026

Marty spends a whole week flitting between the ’80s and the ’50s, never fully absorbing what the differences between those decades mean.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2025

No living creature, beast or bird, was to be seen, but in these open places Gollum grew afraid, and they walked now with caution, flitting from one long shadow to another.

From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien


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