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A political novice, Darline is a blank slate and has been notoriously press-shy since taking office.
From Slate ● Aug. 11, 2026
Savita believes the exam was manipulated, alleging some candidates left answers blank so they could be filled in later.
From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2026
"The screen went blank, flashed several times and the phone appeared to restart," according to CBP officers.
From Barron's ● Jul. 29, 2026
Later, sitting on an aluminum bench in one of her many-tiered patios, she flips between a blank page and another in which a serpent curves across a cerulean plane.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026
She smiled but looked as blank as ever, and her tongue wound around her mouth.
From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff
Yet many companies have been waiting for the Treasury Department and IRS to fill in the blanks on the rules for contributions from employers and employees.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 14, 2026
Fishery inspectors relied on local pearling leaders and divers to fill in cartographic blanks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
Most cymbals are made of a copper and tin alloy that is melted into molten bronze which is poured into moulds and cooled into disc-shaped blanks.
From Barron's ● Aug. 6, 2026
The reporting since then has filled in the blanks.
From Salon ● Jul. 25, 2026
I signed the form and watched as he filled in the blanks.
From "Bad Boy" by Walter Dean Myers
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
The men hovering around us all had that murky quality to their expressions—blank smiles, blanker eyes.
From "The Darkest Minds" by Alexandra Bracken
Each expression was blank and devoid of recognition, and, as the tall man rose to his feet, his face was blanker than the others.
From The Key to Yesterday by Charles Neville Buck
"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
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
They got none, as the end was blanked.
From BBC ● Feb. 6, 2026
He blanked out his mind and refused to think critically.
From Salon ● Dec. 20, 2025
Later, when I came back together Julia told me that I had blanked out for about eighty-four-thousand miles—seventy minutes or so.
From "100 Sideways Miles" by Andrew Smith
Norco advanced to the finals by blanking Orange Lutheran 2-0.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 5, 2026
Mouat and Dodds did not falter, though, blanking that final end to all but seal a semi-final spot.
From BBC ● Feb. 7, 2026
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
Michigan steamrolled into the playoff with its first No. 1 ranking since 1997, beating Ohio State in The Game and blanking Iowa in the Big Ten title game.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 31, 2023
This happens every time—the blanking out, the waking up.
From "All The Bright Places" by Jennifer Niven
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