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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
No one in former President Joe Biden's neoliberal blob had any plan to stop the killing.
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Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Aug. 2025
This gelatinous blob is an invertebrate called a bryozoan, specifically the species Pectinatella magnifica.
—Laura Baisas Aug 20, Popular Science, 20 Aug. 2025
What's more, testing revealed that one hydrogel blob could be reloaded at least five different times, demonstrating its reusability.
—New Atlas, 15 Aug. 2025
Microgravity conditions complicate fluid transfer, as fuel forms blobs instead of flowing like on Earth.
—Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 11 Aug. 2025
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Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Aug. 2025
This gelatinous blob is an invertebrate called a bryozoan, specifically the species Pectinatella magnifica.
—Laura Baisas Aug 20, Popular Science, 20 Aug. 2025
What's more, testing revealed that one hydrogel blob could be reloaded at least five different times, demonstrating its reusability.
—New Atlas, 15 Aug. 2025
Microgravity conditions complicate fluid transfer, as fuel forms blobs instead of flowing like on Earth.
—Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 11 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for blob
Noun
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Work continues to crack down on bots Work continues still to crack down on bots buying up chunks of tickets.—
Arpan Lobo,
Freep.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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Maddison and Dejan Kulusevski are both set to miss a significant chunk of the season, while Dominic Solanke’s ankle injury is another cause for concern.—
James McNicholas,
New York Times,
8 Sep. 2025
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Then Domokos and the chief engineer of the model spotted a glob of stray glue clinging to one of its vertices.—
Elise Cutts,
Wired News,
10 Aug. 2025
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Drink options include the Green Dread – a bright green gin concoction served from a beaker – and the Bloodsucker, a rum and blackberry liqueur drink served with a dollop of dark red jello meant to look like a glob of blood.—
Bailey Schulz,
USA Today,
5 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Their small bodies are tricky to differentiate from pond scum or sticky clumps of algae in the dark.—
Sophie Hartley,
IndyStar,
9 Sep. 2025
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One study uses a new astrophysical computer simulation that models turbulence within the cloud, causing fragmentation into smaller, star-forming clumps.—
Luke Keller,
Space.com,
7 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Averi has pink shoes with little beads on them.—
Essence,
Essence,
9 Sep. 2025
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Silksong is steeped in religious imagery — desolate chapels, ringing church bells, even rosary beads that act as in-game currency.—
Keller Gordon,
NPR,
8 Sep. 2025
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This yuckster attitude was apparently contagious, because Gray herself got in on the act on a day in which she was scheduled to kiss the young hunk Christopher Atkins, who had a recurring role for one season as a camp counselor.—
Jordan Hoffman,
Entertainment Weekly,
7 Sep. 2025
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But inside, slabs of colored glass, hunks of polished resin, and sundry material experiments gleam like mirages in the sunlight that streams in from the ceiling and windows.—
Hannah Martin,
Architectural Digest,
4 Sep. 2025
Noun
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That coupled with the blood droplets in the front hallway and the front walkway, investigators were able to obtain a search warrant for the house on Southwest Sixth Avenue.—
David J. Neal,
Miami Herald,
7 Sep. 2025
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Cumberland Falls is one of only two places in the world that regularly produces moonbows — a night-time rainbow created by moonlight refracting through water droplets.—
Ray Padilla,
Louisville Courier Journal,
6 Sep. 2025
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The boy had a wad of cash in his hand, which De Jager accepted without counting, still stunned.—
Jordan Greene,
People.com,
28 Aug. 2025
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The New York Times reports that more associates of Mayor Eric Adams are likely to face corruption charges — and that was before an explosive report in The CITY that an Adams campaign advisor tried to give a reporter a wad of cash stuffed inside a bag of potato chips.—
Liz Hoffman,
semafor.com,
21 Aug. 2025
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The drip and/or crumb tray may require more scrubbing.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
9 Sep. 2025
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The most notable feature of the current crop of players is that there’s been a drip-drip effect, with England producing one outstanding talent each year.—
Michael Cox,
New York Times,
6 Sep. 2025
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“Blob.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blob. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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