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as in chunk
a small uneven mass
flicked a blob of jelly on the toast and began to spread it around
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Recent Examples of blob
Atop the white base, little brown blobs like cow print splotches were applied all over each finger.
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Kara Nesvig, Allure, 23 July 2024
Even when Lauper was chatting, a peacock palette of hues swirled in a psychedelic blob behind her.
—Melissa Ruggieri, USA TODAY, 28 Oct. 2024
And that was okay until the day the tray included a blob of tuna fish.
—Gwen Rockwood The Rockwood Files, arkansasonline.com, 10 Oct. 2024
Its counterpart, the cool blob La Niña, can push the jet stream north, drying out the southwestern U.S., while also causing drought in East Africa and making the monsoon season of South Asia more intense.
—Doyle Rice, USA TODAY, 23 Oct. 2024
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Kara Nesvig, Allure, 23 July 2024
Even when Lauper was chatting, a peacock palette of hues swirled in a psychedelic blob behind her.
—Melissa Ruggieri, USA TODAY, 28 Oct. 2024
And that was okay until the day the tray included a blob of tuna fish.
—Gwen Rockwood The Rockwood Files, arkansasonline.com, 10 Oct. 2024
Its counterpart, the cool blob La Niña, can push the jet stream north, drying out the southwestern U.S., while also causing drought in East Africa and making the monsoon season of South Asia more intense.
—Doyle Rice, USA TODAY, 23 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for blob
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Without heading into spoiler territory, there are parts of the second book that chunks of the fanbase took against.Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 26 Dec. 2024
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The ancient cheese was incredibly well-preserved, but a new assessment of the chunks reveals some long-obsecured knowledge about human culture and a potential path for how dairy may have spread across Asia.Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 26 Dec. 2024
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Great bright globs of gore, falling splat-splat on the linoleum.Jessica Winter, The New Yorker, 7 Dec. 2024
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The catenary lights provide a festive evening glob reminiscent of vineyard properties.Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 20 Nov. 2024
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Observing at longer wavelengths using ALMA, the researchers could penetrate dust clouds and reveal a clump of dust at the outer edge of the two planets’ orbits.Jamie Carter, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024
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The patch of shadow lay on the snow at the edge of a thorn clump thirty yards ahead.Wilson H. Stover, Outdoor Life, 5 Dec. 2024
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Water passes through a tank filled with resin beads that are coated with sodium ions.Sherri Gordon, Health, 19 Dec. 2024
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To prevent oxidation, these nano-particles may be encapsulated in plastic beads and spread across a conventional plastic (or other material) optical disc substrate.Thomas Coughlin, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
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But with the cost of beef these days — though stores may run specials this time of year on standing rib roasts — such a big hunk of beef requires care and some paying attention too.Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 21 Dec. 2024
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Her husband's a hunk, her career's going great, and her enormous house is dressed up for the holidays without an ornament out of place.EW.com, EW.com, 20 Dec. 2024
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Braun's nearly complete gubernatorial cabinet is just one droplet in a firehose of news this week.Brittany Carloni, The Indianapolis Star, 14 Dec. 2024
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Gore-Tex and others creating membranes design the layer so the microscopic holes are large enough to allow vapor to release from the inside, but small enough that water droplets can’t penetrate.Tim Newcomb, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024
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Lin also is hoping to be more targeted in how Netflix spends its money, throwing fewer wads of upfront cash at big names while perhaps, perhaps, shifting away from its standard approach, and giving at least some talent a chance to share in the back-end profits of successful projects.David Bloom, Forbes, 6 Nov. 2024
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Rison played with a fire first lit on the hardscrabble streets of Flint, Mich., where, as a high school star, a local mobster — Rison calls him Mafia Sal — would slip him wads of cash from time to time, urging him to pick a particular college and sign with a particular agent.Zak Keefer, The Athletic, 30 July 2024
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The model was filmed sampling an intravenous drip laced with nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (or NAD+) for an episode of The Kardashians.Mattie Kahn, Vogue, 17 Dec. 2024
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Because of their thermodynamic innovation, this Yeti tumbler will keep cold brew cold or hot drip hot longer than any of the competition.Red Fabbri, Travel + Leisure, 2 Dec. 2024
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“Blob.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blob. Accessed 31 Dec. 2024.
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