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Ever since Timothée Chalamet blipped onto the greater public’s radar with Call Me by Your Name in 2017, the young actor has proven to be versatile, charismatic, remarkably unselfconscious, and able to both amplify and weaponize his attractiveness (see: Lady Bird or, better yet, Bones and All).
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David Fear, Rolling Stone, 14 Dec. 2023
In Avengers: Infinity War, he got blipped (snapped? dusted?) with half of the world’s population after Thanos gained all six Infinity Stones.
—Time, 22 June 2023
Shake that features a shimmery, blipping pop backdrop.
—Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 9 June 2023
With a Final Four berth on the line, Gallegos viewed a patchy livestream of the taut Aztecs-Creighton game … until the screen blipped out.
—Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Apr. 2023
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David Fear, Rolling Stone, 14 Dec. 2023
In Avengers: Infinity War, he got blipped (snapped? dusted?) with half of the world’s population after Thanos gained all six Infinity Stones.
—Time, 22 June 2023
Shake that features a shimmery, blipping pop backdrop.
—Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 9 June 2023
With a Final Four berth on the line, Gallegos viewed a patchy livestream of the taut Aztecs-Creighton game … until the screen blipped out.
—Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Apr. 2023
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Pulse oximeters clip on to a person’s finger and use two wavelengths of light sent into the skin to quickly estimate how much oxygen is flowing through the blood based on how much light is absorbed.Nathaniel Weixel, The Hill, 6 Jan. 2025
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Watch on Deadline Honoree Magic Johnson towered over Biden, and lowered down on his knees so the president could clip the medal around his neck.Ted Johnson, Deadline, 4 Jan. 2025
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The company is now owned and run by original founder Stacy Spikes, who acquired it out of bankruptcy in 2022 after Farnsworth and partner Mitch Lowe ran it to the ground, wiping out shareholders.Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 8 Jan. 2025
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But borrowers should move forward with the assumption that mass student debt cancellation — initiatives that would immediately wipe out the debt for millions of people all at once — is not happening.Adam S. Minsky, Forbes, 8 Jan. 2025
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Nearby Altadena, a historically largely Black neighborhood, has essentially been erased from the map.Meagan Jordan, Rolling Stone, 15 Jan. 2025
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The odds are that the response will sit in an internal digital memory buffer for a while and not be immediately erased or discarded.Lance Eliot, Forbes, 15 Jan. 2025
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The compact white bots with little orange flags and vaguely tortoise-like bodies will bleep-bloop food from participating businesses to locations within a small urban radius.Ali Francis, Bon Appétit, 14 Oct. 2022
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International broadcasters get their own raw feed of the ceremony and must decide on their own whether to bleep — which is why unbleeped video from other countries soon appeared on social media, showcasing what really happened.Michael Schneider, Variety, 28 Mar. 2022
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At places, the trail is completely obliterated by scrub and loose rock, but hikers can stay on track by tracing a barbed wire fence that roughly parallels the path.Mare Czinar, The Arizona Republic, 3 Jan. 2025
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This isolation has obliterated economic opportunities, stifled private-sector activity, and curtailed the country’s exposure to global markets, all of which are vital for economic recovery.Karam Shaar, Foreign Affairs, 20 Dec. 2024
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However, if needed, stubborn leaves can also be removed with a razor blade.Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 Jan. 2025
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Meta is removing employee criticism over its hiring of UFC CEO Dana White from an internal company messaging system.Makena Kelly, WIRED, 9 Jan. 2025
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California 5 dead, more than 1,100 structures destroyed as firestorm besieges L.A. County 16 minutes ago Within three hours, black smoke billowing down from the hills blotted out the sun as locals fled, streets jammed with cars, and anxiety turned to flat-out panic.Jack Flemming, Los Angeles Times, 8 Jan. 2025
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Radioactive fallout and nuclear winter, in which dust and smoke blot out the sun, would mean the extinction of most life on Earth.Adam Kirsch, The Atlantic, 31 Dec. 2024
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Israel then vowed to eradicate Hamas and have since devastated the Palestinian territory.John Mac Ghlionn, Newsweek, 14 Jan. 2025
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How The Decline In Cases Was Achieved The key to eradicating Guinea worm is providing access to clean water without the crustaceans.Mark Kortepeter, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025
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“Blip.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blip. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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