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The model then calculated the probability of snakebites occurring in specific locations, even where official health records were completely blank.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 30, 2026
The proportion of spoiled and blank votes also decreased.
From Barron's ● Oct. 26, 2026
Former United midfielder Carrick, who took over in January initially as caretaker manager, seemed to blank his players at full-time before heading over to the United fans.
From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026
The blank, black planes, devoid of facial features, create space for viewers to imagine themselves in their place.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2026
She passed back a stack of blank name tags and markers.
From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
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I understand why the many chefs who mucked up the “Crystal Lake” cauldron, starting with Bryan Fuller, were compelled to fill in the blanks of Pamela’s origin story.
From Salon ● Oct. 18, 2026
You will be spending limited time with him in person, which means you’ll be filling in a lot of blanks yourself.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 19, 2026
No fog lights grace the front lower corners; the molded blanks in the lower grille look like waffle irons.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026
But it is not hard to imagine those blanks being filled in as a new generation steps up.
From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2026
I nod and start filling in the blanks on the application.
From "You Bring the Distant Near" by Mitali Perkins
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HBO the canvas is wider and blanker, and Sinclair says that the previous episodes put them under pressure too.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 16, 2016
Eilis’s innocence couldn’t be purer or blanker if she had been imported straight from “Little Red Riding Hood,” and the simplicity of the good—and the bad—folk back home in Enniscorthy couldn’t be more apparent.
From The New Yorker ● Nov. 6, 2015
On that first day, I glimpsed Ayano in the intensive care room, wrapped in a red and blue blanker, struggling to breathe, his eyes tipped back into his skull.
From Time Magazine Archive
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The men hovering around us all had that murky quality to their expressions—blank smiles, blanker eyes.
From "The Darkest Minds" by Alexandra Bracken
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He learned some of it then, when he saw the girl's face deaden to a blanker white and the flame of a hungry hope leap into her eyes.
From Those Who Smiled And Eleven Other Stories by Perceval Gibbon
"No," said the Spain coach, with the blankest of looks on his face, after being asked if he had seen a better team than his at the European Championship.
From Fox News ● Jul. 5, 2021
“No,” said the Spain coach, with the blankest of looks on his face, after being asked if he had seen a better team than his at the European Championship.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 5, 2021
“She looked at me right in the eye with the blankest face, the blankest white pale face, a face that haunts me to this day, and says, ‘I love you,’ he recalled.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 10, 2016
“It was a failed experiment. I was singing something about how expensive my hormones were, and I just got the blankest face from him.”
From The Guardian ● Apr. 7, 2016
None of his “leads” had led anywhere, except, perhaps, down a blind alley toward the blankest of walls.
From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote
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The Channel League champions next face their toughest test since being blanked by JSerra on Aug. 15.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2026
The week before, he blanked the Padres but only made it through five innings on 88 pitches.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 4, 2026
Four years ago things were different and Shiffrin has spoken openly about her mental health since she blanked at Beijing 2022.
From BBC ● Feb. 18, 2026
On their home ice and snow, Norway went from getting blanked to winning 10 golds and the medal count.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 17, 2026
Laika had curled up between my hand and my hip, waiting for me to come back, like she always did when I blanked out.
From "100 Sideways Miles" by Andrew Smith
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Mouat and Dodds did not falter, though, blanking that final end to all but seal a semi-final spot.
From BBC ● Feb. 7, 2026
And that form carried over into this week’s wild-card series, with the Padres blanking the Braves 4-0 in Game 1 before advancing via a victory in Game 2 on Wednesday.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2024
The Kraken are 6-0-2 in Daccord’s past eight starts and he posted his second shutout in the last three weeks after blanking Florida on Dec. 12.
From Washington Times ● Jan. 1, 2024
Temporarily blanking on names and misplacing items is normal.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 18, 2023
“It’s hard to say. Maybe I was mistaken about them being there in my living room. I can’t account for anything I see when I start blanking out,” I said.
From "100 Sideways Miles" by Andrew Smith
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