blinking
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Installations, complete with blinking lights, video and music, now occupy former intake, surgery and recovery floors.
From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2026
Someone might have blepharospasms, a dystonia affecting the muscles around the eyes, which results in uncontrollable twitching and blinking.
From Slate • Apr. 18, 2026
Following more than 300 hours of searching, divers finally spotted the blinking of the miner's torch light, which Zapata had turned on and off to alert them to his location.
From BBC • Apr. 9, 2026
Before one of Orion’s in-space maneuvers, crew members reported a problem with the toilet, indicated by a blinking fault light.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2026
For a half second we just sat there blinking in the harsh light as the alarm continued to blare overhead, and then we sprang into action.
From "Glitch" by Laura Martin
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