blatant

Example Sentences

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What followed was a scrap between two players, including a Seahawks receiver who committed blatant pass interference.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

“This case involves a blatant abuse of public trust — funneling taxpayer dollars intended for students into personal coffers,” Hochman said in a statement.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 27, 2026

Gittleman called the idea that the agency is still providing meaningful oversight of servicers “a blatant falsehood.”

From MarketWatch • Mar. 11, 2026

The Taliban's defence ministry later posted on X condemning the attacks as a "blatant violation of Afghanistan's territorial integrity", adding that they were a "clear breach of international law".

From BBC • Feb. 22, 2026

Instead, she slid her shades up onto her avatar’s forehead—a blatant affectation, since sunglasses didn’t actually affect a player’s vision—and looked me up and down, making a show of sizing me up.

From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline