- present participle of blister.
blistering
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Carter had rejected the administration’s request for immediate intervention in a blistering Oct.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 7, 2026
Even in the latter stages, Bryan Mbeumo's blistering shot couldn't find its way in.
From BBC ● Oct. 31, 2026
As Anna Holmes recently pointed out in her blistering New Yorker essay, more than half of millennials have had parental help purchasing their home.
From Slate ● Oct. 28, 2026
It’s also attributable to an immensely painful derisking and deleveraging process among domestic retail investors who had been riding the stock market’s blistering rally throughout 2025 and the first half of 2026.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 26, 2026
He was blistering in his intelligence and blistering in his self-regard.
From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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