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The canvases we see behind him are blank, or turned away from the viewer, a testament to the uneasiness he felt presenting himself and his work to the world.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026

His chameleon-like qualities have led some to call Bardella an "incredible blank canvas" upon which RN voters can project their ideal candidate.

From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026

Today, while some retailers still accept checks, an attempt to pay with anything other than cash or card is likely to result in a blank stare from a Gen Z cashier.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 9, 2026

"The Court's decision confirms that law enforcement does not have a blank check to use new technology to conduct warrantless surveillance of people's movements," Heilman said.

From Barron's ● Jun. 29, 2026

The face staring back at her had hair wild and matted hanging to her waist, her eyes bright white and blank, her teeth razor sharp.

From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny

By then, critics were accusing the council of failing to do its homework, leaving voters to fill in the blanks on such questions as whether undocumented immigrants would be covered by the expanded franchise.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 4, 2026

It is the lack of detail and potentially very narrow window to fill in the blanks that are causing jitters for some in the party.

From BBC ● Jun. 22, 2026

“There’s a lot of filling in the blanks when your families are from the same part of the country. They’re down-to-earth, churchgoing families. It felt easy. We’re cut from the same cloth.”

From Los Angeles Times ● May 27, 2026

"We're filling the blanks in with this museum," Quezon told AFP on a tour ahead of its opening.

From Barron's ● Apr. 28, 2026

One way to sum up the new scholarship is to say that it has begun, at last, to fill in one of the biggest blanks in history: the Western Hemisphere before 1492.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

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

A blanker, flabbier face never looked into mine.

From Roof and Meadow by Sharp, Dallas Lore

"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

When Roberts pulled Yamamoto in the sixth, he had blanked his opponents with 10 strikeouts, four hits and two walks.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 31, 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

He blanked out his mind and refused to think critically.

From Salon ● Dec. 20, 2025

Suspicions were also raised when planning documents for the embassy had parts of the blueprints blanked out when they were submitted to Tower Hamlets council, marked "redacted for security reasons".

From BBC ● Dec. 2, 2025

“Mine completely blanked out. Honest—I didn’t hear you call. Not once.”

From "The Strangers" by Margaret Peterson Haddix

When a team scores, the hammer passes to the other team for the next end, which can lead to rinks tactically blanking an end rather than just taking one point so they retain the hammer.

From BBC ● Feb. 4, 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

But Cubs right-hander Taillon was up to the task, blanking the Dodgers on two hits in five innings, striking out seven and walking two, and relievers Leiter and Thompson added three scoreless innings.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 16, 2023

After I get mad about my blanking out, I get depressed.

From "100 Sideways Miles" by Andrew Smith