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Recent Examples of flashlight
Russell even traveled to Germany with a flashlight to find the car’s original latches in a garage, a trip that also turned up the original oil pan.
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Stayton Bonner, Robb Report, 24 Aug. 2025
Moments later, one of the other two officers looked in the front driver’s side window of Rodrigues’s car with a flashlight.
—Angie Dimichele, Sun Sentinel, 21 Aug. 2025
The neighbor claimed that the Crouses had not been living there for about a year and that Jennifer Crouse could be seen stopping by a few times a week to feed the animals, often having to use a flashlight because there was reportedly no power to the home.
—Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 21 Aug. 2025
Don’t shine a flashlight into the hole because the wasps will fly toward it and may sting you.
—Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 20 Aug. 2025
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Stayton Bonner, Robb Report, 24 Aug. 2025
Moments later, one of the other two officers looked in the front driver’s side window of Rodrigues’s car with a flashlight.
—Angie Dimichele, Sun Sentinel, 21 Aug. 2025
The neighbor claimed that the Crouses had not been living there for about a year and that Jennifer Crouse could be seen stopping by a few times a week to feed the animals, often having to use a flashlight because there was reportedly no power to the home.
—Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 21 Aug. 2025
Don’t shine a flashlight into the hole because the wasps will fly toward it and may sting you.
—Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 20 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for flashlight
Noun
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Its central glass dome—home to the swimming paradise—glows like a lantern at dusk.—
Lewis Nunn,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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Over the weekend, around 16,000 people paid their respects to the designer at his funeral chamber at the Armani Teatro designed by Tadao Ando, filled with white flowers and paper lanterns on the floor in a diagonal grid formation dimly lit up the darkened venue.—
Luisa Zargani,
Footwear News,
10 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Customers can wrap the truck’s exterior paneling in a color or print of their choosing, as well as customize lighting and tires, and even convert the two-passenger flat bed truck into a 5-person SUV.—
Jessica Mathews,
Fortune,
10 Sep. 2025
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Candleholders and a modern candelabra lamp that reinterpret the Swedish tradition of lighting windows during the darker months.—
Elizabeth Fogarty,
Better Homes & Gardens,
9 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The candle has four slow-burning wicks, is filled with a paraffin and soy wax blend, and burns for up to 22 hours.—
Stephanie Osmanski,
Better Homes & Gardens,
9 Sep. 2025
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On the other hand, Will — played with a jagged sensitivity by Paul Mescal, making the most of his sad-eyed charisma and physical presence — is a guy who feels more at home at a desk, with only a candle to light his way through the treacherous creative process.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
8 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The four drivers were cited for infractions including a broken headlight, no insurance, speeding and no seatbelt.—
Liam Adams,
The Tennessean,
29 Aug. 2025
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Deere in the headlights Attendees view a John Deere 7R 270 row crop tractor at the Deere & Co. booth during the World Ag Expo at the International Agri-Center in Tulare, California on February 11, 2025.—
Alex Harring,
CNBC,
22 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Photos provided by the Mesa Police Department showed the worker wearing a yellow shirt, seated on a metal panel on the towering stadium floodlight.—
Laura Gersony,
AZCentral.com,
4 Sep. 2025
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As evening fell, guests moved to a parquet dance floor set up over the tennis courts and lit with pink floodlights.—
Gillian Telling,
PEOPLE,
3 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The swim benefits the lighthouse’s ongoing preservation.—
Kelsey Glennon,
Southern Living,
12 Sep. 2025
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Just as a lighthouse’s beam testifies to the presence of otherwise-invisible cliffs on a dark night, the stars that move around these dark celestial bodies would reveal their existence.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
9 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The streetlight was installed in the past several weeks on the northeast corner of La Jolla Shores Drive and Calle Corta, city spokesman Anthony Santacroce said.—
Noah Lyons,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
11 Sep. 2025
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The broken streetlights that illuminate the parking lot have been repaired, and a new gate has been installed that can be locked at night, thanks to funding Cessna secured last year through the city’s Public Improvements Advisory Committee process.—
Mike Hendricks,
Kansas City Star,
31 Aug. 2025
Noun
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The new 120-seat restaurant places a spotlight on the French Italian Riviera and its cuisine—all while using those ingredients found a littler closer to Swikard’s home.—
Nicole Hoey,
Robb Report,
12 Sep. 2025
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From up in the rafters, a single spotlight coldly blazed.—
James Parker,
The Atlantic,
12 Sep. 2025
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“Flashlight.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flashlight. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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