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plural of flicker
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as in movies
a story told by means of a series of continuously projected pictures and a sound track as a child, the future director would spend hours sitting in the theater, totally entranced by the flickers

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as in hints
an almost imperceptible sign of something there was a flicker of recognition in her eye when I mentioned his name, but she denied knowing him

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flickers

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verb

present tense third-person singular of flicker

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Noun
  • Loria also noted that Snow White sold a lower percentage of premium tickets than other recent movies—only about a third, compared to an average of 40 percent.
    Kevin Sabet, Newsweek, 24 Mar. 2025
  • Similar movies, such as the 2019 Dumbo remake, performed about the same at the box office, Loria said.
    Kevin Sabet, Newsweek, 24 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • But players grew tired of that explosive coaching style, finding his outbursts a stale method of getting through to them, according to multiple sources familiar with their thinking.
    Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 11 Apr. 2025
  • Three games over that stretch featured double-digit outbursts, as well as two nine-run showings.
    Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 8 Apr. 2025
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