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    private IEnumerator BlinkCursor()
    {
        text.text += " x";
        text.ForceMeshUpdate();
        var fullLength = text.textInfo.characterCount;
        while (blink)
        {
            text.maxVisibleCharacters = fullLength;
            yield return new WaitForSeconds(.5f);
            text.maxVisibleCharacters = fullLength - 1;
            yield return new WaitForSeconds(.5f);
        }
    }

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using System.Collections;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using UnityEngine;
using TMPro;
using System;

public class BlinkingCursor : MonoBehaviour
{
    private const string CURSOR_1 = " <sprite=\"cursors\" index=0>";
    private const string CURSOR_2 = " <sprite=\"cursors\" index=1>";
    public TextMeshProUGUI text;
    private bool blink = false;
    private Coroutine coroutine;

    public void OnBegin()
    {
        Debug.LogError("OnBegin");
        blink = false;
        if (coroutine != null)
        {
            StopCoroutine(coroutine);
        }
    }

    public void OnEnd()
    {
        Debug.LogError("OnEnd");
        blink = true;
        coroutine = StartCoroutine(BlinkCursor());
    }

    private IEnumerator BlinkCursor()
    {
        yield return new WaitForSeconds(1f);  // works exactly as expected when this line is removed
        Debug.LogError("gonna blink! " + blink);
        text.text += " " + CURSOR_1;
        text.ForceMeshUpdate();
        var fullLength = text.textInfo.characterCount;
        while (blink)
        {
            text.text = text.text.Replace(CURSOR_1, CURSOR_2);
            text.ForceMeshUpdate();
            yield return new WaitForSeconds(.5f);
            text.text = text.text.Replace(CURSOR_2, CURSOR_1);
            text.ForceMeshUpdate();
            yield return new WaitForSeconds(.5f);
        }
    }
}