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as in chunk
a small uneven mass
found a glob of chewing gum under my theater seat
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Recent Examples of glob
At the end of the first song, a small red glob rained down from above.
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Joe Lynch, Billboard, 3 Sep. 2019
Great bright globs of gore, falling splat-splat on the linoleum.
—Jessica Winter, The New Yorker, 7 Dec. 2024
The catenary lights provide a festive evening glob reminiscent of vineyard properties.
—Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 20 Nov. 2024
Plate-sized globs of bear scat lay everywhere, and the bruins’ beds cratered the forest floor.
—Ben Goldfarb, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Oct. 2024
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Joe Lynch, Billboard, 3 Sep. 2019
Great bright globs of gore, falling splat-splat on the linoleum.
—Jessica Winter, The New Yorker, 7 Dec. 2024
The catenary lights provide a festive evening glob reminiscent of vineyard properties.
—Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 20 Nov. 2024
Plate-sized globs of bear scat lay everywhere, and the bruins’ beds cratered the forest floor.
—Ben Goldfarb, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for glob
Noun
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Japan — where auto exports make up the largest chunk of outbound shipments and the US is the largest market — has already raised the issue with the White House.—
Bloomberg,
The Mercury News,
19 Feb. 2025
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Before the never-bored world of smartphones, that made up a big chunk of my time in N.Y.C. — Frank Vigorito Torres WINTER’S TALE, by Mark Helprin.—
Juliana Barbassa,
New York Times,
19 Feb. 2025
Noun
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The graves, some dating back 1,200 years, contained personal items like beads and combs, suggesting contact with Nordic countries.—
Stories by Real-Time news team, with AI summarization,
Miami Herald,
21 Feb. 2025
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Check in between 6-8pm Saturday at Howl at the Moon, 504 Park St. $18 general admission, includes beads and color-changing glass.—
Alissa Widman Neese,
Axios,
20 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Sifting a dry ingredient before measuring it not only helps break up and clumps, but helps the measurement to be more accurate and leads to a lighter, airier end product.—
Cameron Beall,
Southern Living,
16 Feb. 2025
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They are often found in drainage canals or thick grass clumps, according to the museum.—
Irene Wright,
Miami Herald,
10 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Legionnaires’ disease is a severe form of pneumonia contracted by inhaling contaminated water droplets.—
A.D. Quig,
Chicago Tribune,
19 Feb. 2025
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Measles virus spreads when an infected person coughs, sneezes or talks and another person inhales droplets, Mayo Clinic said.—
Eduardo Cuevas,
USA TODAY,
16 Feb. 2025
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His Girl Hollywood’s hero takes major inspiration from classic movie hunk Gene Kelly, particularly this film and its zany organized crime antics.—
Maureen Lee Lenker,
People.com,
10 Feb. 2025
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This is the stuff, Kravitz suggests, that modern-day dreams are made of: the dead-eyed hunk, the state of permanent vacation, the numbing cycles of consumption and overindulgence.—
Sophie Gilbert,
The Atlantic,
6 Dec. 2024
Noun
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Saving Water: Advanced irrigation systems like drip irrigation and rainwater harvesting are becoming the go-to.—
Matt Rozo,
The Mercury News,
21 Feb. 2025
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The Oxo Brew 9-Cup is the perfect drip coffee maker and consistently provides a delicious cup of joe without a lot of fuss.—
Terri Williams,
Architectural Digest,
21 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Its cover — a black-and-white photo depicting more than a dozen Black men, boys, and babies waving wads of cash and liquor bottles over the corpse of a white judge on the lawn of Obama’s White House — was a provocation tailor-made for the Black Lives Matter movement, which was then in full swing.—
Zak Cheney-Rice,
Vulture,
29 Jan. 2025
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For now, Match Group is hoping to appease shareholders by throwing wads of cash at them.—
Brett Owens,
Forbes,
19 Jan. 2025
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That helped offset a 5.5% drop for Conagra Brands, which lowered its forecasts for upcoming profit and other financial measures.—
Stan Choe,
Los Angeles Times,
18 Feb. 2025
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But on the third drop, the steel plates of what looked like a submarine flashed into view.—
Sean Kingsley,
Smithsonian Magazine,
18 Feb. 2025
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“Glob.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/glob. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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