flit
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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
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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
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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
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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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