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a social gathering
staged a huge blowout for Halloween
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Recent Examples of blowouts
The Cornhuskers are 3-0 and riding high after two 50-point blowouts of their own.
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Austin Meek, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2025
Swap them out for wavy blowouts, straightened hair, and more styles.
—Isabel Garcia, PEOPLE, 7 Sep. 2025
Despite the fact that HUDs offer less automation than automatic landing systems, airlines have discovered that their planes suffer fewer costly tail strikes and tire blowouts when pilots use HUDs rather than auto-landers.
—David Autor, The Atlantic, 24 Aug. 2025
Louisville-area football fans saw some blowouts and some nail-biters Friday night.
—Rich Barak, Louisville Courier Journal, 23 Aug. 2025
Powered by hydrating Mirsalehi honey and strengthening milk proteins, the glossy, milky formula preps hair for blowouts, waves, curls and straight styles.
—Angela Lei, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2025
Cleveland not only swept the Knicks, 4-0, last season, but posted 37- and 19-point blowouts in the process.
—Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 18 Aug. 2025
The first-round blowouts sparked a debate about whether the playoff expanded to too many teams and whether the selection committee chose correctly by putting teams like Indiana and SMU in the playoffs over three-loss SEC teams like Alabama and Ole Miss.
—Adam Lichtenstein, Sun Sentinel, 23 Dec. 2024
The renovation comes on the heels of the January opening of the SkinSpirit medi-spa in Nordstrom’s Beauty Haven area, which also offers brow services from Anastasia Beverly Hills, blowouts by Drybar, facial massage from FaceGym and nail services from Londontown.
—Jenny B. Fine, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
Austin Meek, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2025
Swap them out for wavy blowouts, straightened hair, and more styles.
—Isabel Garcia, PEOPLE, 7 Sep. 2025
Despite the fact that HUDs offer less automation than automatic landing systems, airlines have discovered that their planes suffer fewer costly tail strikes and tire blowouts when pilots use HUDs rather than auto-landers.
—David Autor, The Atlantic, 24 Aug. 2025
Louisville-area football fans saw some blowouts and some nail-biters Friday night.
—Rich Barak, Louisville Courier Journal, 23 Aug. 2025
Powered by hydrating Mirsalehi honey and strengthening milk proteins, the glossy, milky formula preps hair for blowouts, waves, curls and straight styles.
—Angela Lei, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2025
Cleveland not only swept the Knicks, 4-0, last season, but posted 37- and 19-point blowouts in the process.
—Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 18 Aug. 2025
The first-round blowouts sparked a debate about whether the playoff expanded to too many teams and whether the selection committee chose correctly by putting teams like Indiana and SMU in the playoffs over three-loss SEC teams like Alabama and Ole Miss.
—Adam Lichtenstein, Sun Sentinel, 23 Dec. 2024
The renovation comes on the heels of the January opening of the SkinSpirit medi-spa in Nordstrom’s Beauty Haven area, which also offers brow services from Anastasia Beverly Hills, blowouts by Drybar, facial massage from FaceGym and nail services from Londontown.
—Jenny B. Fine, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for blowouts
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Meanwhile, Usher, Meagan Good, and Jay-Z joined events that blended music, style, and philanthropy, reminding us just how many lanes the culture continues to dominate.—
Okla Jones,
Essence,
15 Sep. 2025
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Movies are still big events, still consumed in long sittings, still treated as cultural monuments.—
Vibhas Ratanjee,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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How do members of political parties feel about political violence?—
Carlie Procell,
USA Today,
14 Sep. 2025
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Contemporaneous evidence that the parties intended a loan and treated it as such is persuasive in court and practical with IRS auditors.—
Virginia La Torre Jeker,
Forbes.com,
13 Sep. 2025
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The designer, who turned 76 on June 27, is known for her lavish birthday bashes.—
Catherine Santino,
PEOPLE,
8 Sep. 2025
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In one iconic shot, Swift bashes in the hood of sports car in the mansion's motor court.—
Colson Thayer,
People.com,
8 Aug. 2025
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The conference has had issues in the past of opposing players or staffers getting trapped in the celebrations.—
Michael Gallagher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 Sep. 2025
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Disney In a video released today, Disney confirmed that the castle will be returning to its original blue and silver color scheme now that the celebrations are over.—
Caroline Reid,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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Tight end Dae’Quan Wright added 9 receptions for 99 yards and 2 touchdowns as Ole Miss tied its highest point total ever against an SEC opponent while dealing Arkansas one of the most painful home losses of the Coach Sam Pittman era.—
Tom Murphy,
Arkansas Online,
12 Sep. 2025
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Wide receivers Braelon Solomon and Taysen Rutschman added 17- and 2-yard touchdown receptions, respectively, and kicker Grady Matcham added 44- and 47-yard field goals in the first half; in Week 2, Matcham hit a 60-yard field goal.—
Charles Baggarly,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
12 Sep. 2025
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“Blowouts.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blowouts. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.
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