blowoff
Example Sentences
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After that, it backed off a little on what seemed like normal profit-taking rather than any sort of blowoff capitulation.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 6, 2026
“Even before the pandemic, people thought of Friday as a kind of blowoff day. And now there’s a growing expectation that you can work from home to jump-start your weekend.”
From Washington Post ● Jul. 15, 2022
“I did kind of think it would be a blowoff class.”
From Washington Post ● May 16, 2019
No sooner had the three school boards acted than the pressures began building toward a blowoff.
From Time Magazine Archive
Or perhaps blowoff is happening, but the gases lost to space are being replenished by others released from the satellite’s interior.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
