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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of flash.

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Examples

  • The word flashed like a neon beacon outside a desert oasis.

    Let The Dead Lie Malla Nunn 2010

  • The word flashed like a neon beacon outside a desert oasis.

    Let The Dead Lie Malla Nunn 2010

  • A word flashed in his head, and he thought: Brightwell.

    The Black Angel John Connolly 2005

  • A title flashed _Slave Girls From Hell_ -- then a big, high-ceilinged room with Egyptian hieroglyphics on the walls came into view in grainy black and white.

    White Jazz Ellroy, James, 1948- 1992

  • A graphic with the same label flashed on-screen, accompanied by a picture of Obama smiling.

    NewsBusters.org - Exposing Liberal Media Bias 2008

  • A graphic with the same label flashed on-screen, accompanied by a picture of Obama smiling.

    MRC Latest Headlines 2008

  • A graphic with the same label flashed on-screen, accompanied by a picture of Obama smiling.

    MRC Latest Headlines 2008

  • A graphic with the same label flashed on-screen, accompanied by a picture of Obama smiling.

    NewsBusters.org - Exposing Liberal Media Bias 2008

  • When the policeman said “drunk,” the word flashed red in her mind and screamed Bill Parrish, Sammy’s no-good, alcoholic, abusive grandfather.

    Two Days After the Wedding Joan Medlicott 2006

  • When the policeman said “drunk,” the word flashed red in her mind and screamed Bill Parrish, Sammy’s no-good, alcoholic, abusive grandfather.

    Two Days After the Wedding Joan Medlicott 2006

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