blow bubbles
idiom
: to make soap bubbles by blowing air through a thin layer of soap
The children were blowing bubbles.
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Players with pizzazz blow bubbles while catching fly balls or hitting home runs.
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Kaitlyn Tiffany, The Atlantic, 29 Oct. 2024
The paper, published in Royal Society Open Science, documents how whales blow bubbles to create nets to trap krill.
—Sara Tabin, Forbes, 5 Sep. 2024
Then blow bubbles and have players try to catch them.
—Catherine Holecko, Parents, 30 July 2024
Scuba divers like me flock to the area to blow bubbles underwater at five shipwrecks that are part of the Florida Panhandle Shipwreck Trail.
—Terry Ward, Travel + Leisure, 2 June 2024
People can blow bubbles or frolic through them at 5:30 p.m. July 18-21 and 4 p.m. July 22.
—Hannah Kirby, Journal Sentinel, 17 July 2023
Read full article Bubble feeding, or bubble-net feeding, is when a group of whales dive under a school of fish and blow bubbles to trap them close to the surface, according to the National Marine Sanctuary Foundation.
—Talia Lissauer, BostonGlobe.com, 18 Aug. 2023
Sci-fi and fantasy fans unite at a yearly convention, rock out to a ‘90s band, blow bubbles in the park, try German food and drink, attend an arts festival or enjoy a comedy show by a TV star.
—John Coffren, Baltimore Sun, 25 May 2023
With 22 easy hands-on projects and step-by-step instructions, curious kids age 4-7 will discover how to blow bubbles to spot rainbows, make s’mores with a solar oven, stir up a batch of ooey-gooey, squishy-squashy slime, and more!
—Good Housekeeping, 2 May 2023
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Kaitlyn Tiffany, The Atlantic, 29 Oct. 2024
The paper, published in Royal Society Open Science, documents how whales blow bubbles to create nets to trap krill.
—Sara Tabin, Forbes, 5 Sep. 2024
Then blow bubbles and have players try to catch them.
—Catherine Holecko, Parents, 30 July 2024
Scuba divers like me flock to the area to blow bubbles underwater at five shipwrecks that are part of the Florida Panhandle Shipwreck Trail.
—Terry Ward, Travel + Leisure, 2 June 2024
People can blow bubbles or frolic through them at 5:30 p.m. July 18-21 and 4 p.m. July 22.
—Hannah Kirby, Journal Sentinel, 17 July 2023
Read full article Bubble feeding, or bubble-net feeding, is when a group of whales dive under a school of fish and blow bubbles to trap them close to the surface, according to the National Marine Sanctuary Foundation.
—Talia Lissauer, BostonGlobe.com, 18 Aug. 2023
Sci-fi and fantasy fans unite at a yearly convention, rock out to a ‘90s band, blow bubbles in the park, try German food and drink, attend an arts festival or enjoy a comedy show by a TV star.
—John Coffren, Baltimore Sun, 25 May 2023
With 22 easy hands-on projects and step-by-step instructions, curious kids age 4-7 will discover how to blow bubbles to spot rainbows, make s’mores with a solar oven, stir up a batch of ooey-gooey, squishy-squashy slime, and more!
—Good Housekeeping, 2 May 2023
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