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blip

[blip] / blɪp /
NOUN
minor shock
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Yet is it the start of a decline or just a blip in the road for Sale?

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

“Backrooms” is a film only a 20-year-old — someone whose existence sits smack in-between decades of uniform past and the blip of a recent few years filled with massive change — could make.

From Salon • May 30, 2026

Wilson, who was born in Waco, Texas, and spent his career from the late 1960s on in New York, has hardly been more than a blip in his own country during the last decade.

From Los Angeles Times • May 11, 2026

A strategist warned Bitcoin’s recent 5% bump could be a blip, as it remains below its late 2025 record above $100,000.

From Barron's • May 4, 2026

The captain stared at the radar blip of their pursuer.

From "Ship Breaker" by Paolo Bacigalupi




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