red flash
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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Patricia Kombo, an eyewitness, told the BBC that she was in a cab with her friends heading to Githurai when they heard a loud bang and a red flash ahead of them.
From BBC • Aug. 7, 2025
See Huji, designed to turn an iPhone snap into the dud with a red flash in the envelope of photos you got back from the chemist in 1998.
From The Guardian • May 14, 2019
“I saw a red flash, a laser, come across my eyes.”
From New York Times • Aug. 16, 2013
A red flash sends up a cloud of black smoke that turns white as it reaches hundreds of feet into the air.
From Time Magazine Archive
Now ever and anon there was a red flash, and slowly through the heavy air dull rumbles could be heard.
From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien
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