blip
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Micron stock has stuttered in recent weeks but Mizuho's Vijay Rakesh is confident it will only be a blip.
From Barron's ● Aug. 11, 2026
But employees shouldn’t get too excited: Projected pay increases may seem more like a blip than a bump.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 24, 2026
The only time it faltered was when he was broken at the start of the third set - a blip he immediately corrected - and when he served for the match at 5-3 up.
From BBC ● Jul. 3, 2026
If talks are successful, Shell expects 2026 to be a small blip ahead of a significant uptick in LNG usage through 2050.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 30, 2026
A thousand per day seemed like a lot of money, but it was a mere blip of the total they had to spend.
From "Millionaires for the Month" by Stacey McAnulty
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
But there are blips in the season and we are going through that now.
From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2025
It was an odd and familiar sound—Joe Castiglione’s voice and the crack of the bat, layered with occasional farty blips and cryptic messages between cops and dispatchers.
From "The Line Tender" by Kate Allen
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
Fifteen-year, fixed rate mortgage rates blipped up to 2.42% from 2.39% last week; it was 2.28% a year ago.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 24, 2021
Both Sam and Bucky are among the populace that had been blipped out of existence five years ago and are suddenly without one of their closest friends — Captain America.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 19, 2021
He spent a couple years just chilling until the MCU caught up with him in Infinity War, where he fought against Thanos until getting blipped.
From Slate ● Mar. 19, 2021
The static blipped and focused as the stations turned.
From "X: A Novel" by Ilyasah Shabazz
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
In “Year of Sky,” blipping synthesizers evolve into Philip Glass-style organ arpeggios as Hval — in her highest, most childlike register — strives to perceive both the minute insect realm and the expanding universe.
From New York Times ● Mar. 10, 2022
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
My monitors are blipping and chirping and two nurses are racing toward me.
From "If I Stay" by Gayle Forman
