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The original way I wired the light was as follows:

Black wire to Black from box
White wire to White from box
Red wire was capped
Ground to ground

However, this wiring scheme caused both the dining room light and
outside light to flicker non-stop. Therefore, I uncapped the red wire
and added it in with the black wires. Doesn't flicker now, but clearly
it isn't working correctly.

Were missing some wires here. You only discuss 5 wires above.

The red wire is the control wire that should FEED the outside light's
black wire. The black wire from the wallbox (which comes from the
Circuit Breaker) should feed the light switch. The other side of the
light switch should be tied to the black wire from the motion detector.

So we have

motion detector red - light bulb black
motion detector black - light switch leed A
circuit panel black - light switch leed B
motion detector white - light bulb white - circuit panel white - any
other whites

your main issue will be understanding which black is from the circuit panel.

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