blinking
Americanadjective
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Origin of blinking
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At the end, a line of people stood blinking at the world, amazed at the clarity and detail many had forgotten or, for some, had never known.
From Barron's ● May 27, 2026
Installations, complete with blinking lights, video and music, now occupy former intake, surgery and recovery floors.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 20, 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
The kraken twisted its great head to look: for one beat it hung there in the water, blinking its huge gray eyes.
From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell
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