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blip

[blip] / blɪp /
NOUN
minor shock
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The stock fell 16% over that period, and investors were perhaps starting to question whether it would be more than a blip.

From Barron's • May 20, 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

What is happening at Stars and Stripes is not a mere controversy of the day or week, or a blip in the attention economy and 24-hour news cycle.

From Salon • May 3, 2026

Pope Leo’s sermon and Rabbi Goldstein’s response may be simply a blip in the relations of Catholics and Jews that have improved so much over the past 60 years.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 29, 2026

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

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer




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