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Jean and Joan’s shared existence would otherwise make their days dull and predictable, but their bizarre circumstances let them see beyond their own purview and into someone else’s, even if only for a blip.

From Salon ● Sep. 28, 2026

However, economists and Fed officials noted the drop was likely a blip traced to Amazon’s Prime Day and related promotions that happened in June instead of July.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026

GTA 6 leaks - a nightmare or a blip for the biggest video game of the year?

From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026

Volkswagen executives have repeatedly stressed the need for the company to slim down as collapsing sales in China have started to look less like a blip and more like a new normal.

From Barron's ● Jul. 10, 2026

Eventually, the gigantic cow is nothing but a blip in the distance.

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer

Against that backdrop, shares of Wingstop were down 4.8% on Wednesday, after occasional positive-territory blips earlier in the day.

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 29, 2026

"Once we understood this, the blips in dimming stopped being weird little mysteries and became a space weather station," Bouma exclaimed.

From Science Daily ● Mar. 27, 2026

Three others crowded into the darkened shack offering advice and helping spot blips on the screen.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 20, 2026

Just four sets dropped across the entire tournament, with any perceived blips or wobbles not really worthy of the name.

From BBC ● Jan. 4, 2026

These are things that, tragically, lead to a momentary loss of focus; but they are accidents, tiny blips, and instants.

From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel

Ten-year yields had briefly blipped above 5% last week after Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said the U.S. economy's strength and tight labor markets might warrant tighter financial conditions.

From Reuters ● Oct. 23, 2023

The space station’s communications with ground controllers blipped out twice for a few minutes on Thursday.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 4, 2021

Jimmy specifically mentions that Vision is dead, and not just blipped.

From Slate ● Jan. 29, 2021

The first data ever transmitted over Arpanet, the precursor of the internet, blipped from a computer at the University of California, Los Angeles to one at the Stanford Research Institute in Palo Alto on Oct.

From Scientific American ● Sep. 28, 2019

We had almost made it back into the neighborhood, when lights flashed and a siren blipped behind us.

From "The Rock and the River" by Kekla Magoon

Take “First Rodeo,” a sleek midtempo track with twangy guitars and blipping synths in which Ballerini extends a metaphor about getting back on the horse further than you’d think possible without breaking it.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2024

And a beat kicks in with trap drums and blipping synthesizers behind Killer Mike, who boasts in quick triplets: “I’m never chillin’, I gotta make millions.”

From New York Times ● Jun. 16, 2023

Five police cars drove by, sirens blipping, and neighbors and friends drove by as well, holding signs of support.

From Washington Times ● Jul. 18, 2020

United are "monitoring" the Aalesunds No1, presumably on a black and green radar screen making an irregular blipping noise.

From The Guardian ● Jul. 29, 2010

Tubes and cables snaked across his body, coiled into his flesh, and wound in a tangle up to an incomprehensible mesh of blipping waveforms and drip-dropping fluid pouches.

From "Shadowshaper" by Daniel José Older