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blotted out all evidence of tampering with the explosive device
bushes blotted out the shed from our view
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As generative AI tools grow more commonplace, platforms that give up on trying to blot out bots will incubate an online world in which work created by humans becomes increasingly harder to find on platforms swamped by AI.
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Kate Knibbs, WIRED, 28 Oct. 2024
Green might feel the air swirl around him or the force of a gust pushing dark clouds into the sky, blotting out the blue.
—Scottie Andrew, CNN, 26 Oct. 2024
In the low 70s when the rest of the state was suffering through a heatwave, and the fog on several occasions rolled in cinematically, the fast wisps preceding a cottony bank that blotted out the sun.
—Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 12 Oct. 2024
The rare event, where the moon completely blotted out the sun's disk causing a brief period of darkness in the middle of the day, was unusually accessible to millions of people.
—Gabe Hauari, USA TODAY, 8 Apr. 2024
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Kate Knibbs, WIRED, 28 Oct. 2024
Green might feel the air swirl around him or the force of a gust pushing dark clouds into the sky, blotting out the blue.
—Scottie Andrew, CNN, 26 Oct. 2024
In the low 70s when the rest of the state was suffering through a heatwave, and the fog on several occasions rolled in cinematically, the fast wisps preceding a cottony bank that blotted out the sun.
—Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 12 Oct. 2024
The rare event, where the moon completely blotted out the sun's disk causing a brief period of darkness in the middle of the day, was unusually accessible to millions of people.
—Gabe Hauari, USA TODAY, 8 Apr. 2024
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“Blot out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/blot%20out. Accessed 17 Nov. 2024.
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