The lights flickered on and off as his small two-story brick residence shook from the explosion, he added.

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Service resumed Saturday, when the lights flickered back on to reveal water damage to the walls, counters and floors, Carney said.

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Panicked, we scramble for a flashlight, hoping to make sense of what we glimpsed as the lights flickered before they died.

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Outside the hotel, dusk began to settle over Central Park, and lights flickered on in the buildings across Columbus Circle.

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The stringy branches floated in a cool breeze, while the leaves, like a swarm of arrowheads, flickered in the soft rays cast by the street lights.

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Monday the lights in our apartment on West 13th Street flickered and went dim, and I called my parents, who live farther downtown, in Tribeca.

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