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This market talk item was corrected at 0206 GMT to reflect the original item incorrectly attributed the research to UBS instead of Citi throughout the blurb.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
Busbice, in a blurb written before March 27, specifically cited a 20% increase in the tariff on all imported goods and the 25% tax on metal goods, in particular.
From Salon ● Sep. 18, 2025
“This is outdated,” another account said, commenting on a ChatGPT blurb about a Taylor Swift ticket allegedly selling for $200,000 on the secondary market.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 18, 2025
In the blurb to the exhibition, Wintour writes that she has “probably spent a year of my life waiting for fashion shows, which are famously tardy, to begin”.
From BBC ● Dec. 3, 2024
But it sounded like, "Blah, blah, blurb," and darn it all, he lost the whole bite of apricots, right down his bib.
From "All About Sam" by Lois Lowry
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According to Web Archive, the “Steve’s Vision” page of Garvey’s campaign website previously featured short blurbs about how he would address “education,” “quality of life,” “public safety,” “national security,” “homelessness,” and “small business.”
From Slate ● Feb. 5, 2024
Two other blurbs on the cover read: "paranoid and mercurial" and "understanding how Emperor Chongzhen drove himself to a dead end".
From Reuters ● Oct. 23, 2023
If you feel as strongly as you claim, you ought to paint an honest picture and not resort to the breathless language of blurbs.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 14, 2023
He helped found the Carolina Center for Jewish Studies at the University of North Carolina; he spoke on panels; and he wrote chapters, introductions and blurbs for countless books that followed his own.
From New York Times ● Aug. 2, 2022
Dresner would read respondents proposed PR blurbs and slogans about the movie to find out which ones worked the best.
From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell
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