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Before you buy it, you may see a blurb stating that in addition to being a best-selling author and beloved actor, Tucci is a “respected foodie.”
From Salon ● Jun. 3, 2026
He became so famous that at least one Random House book featured a blurb from Cerf himself.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 30, 2026
“This is outdated,” another account said, commenting on a ChatGPT blurb about a Taylor Swift ticket allegedly selling for $200,000 on the secondary market.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
I didn’t understand how Fred’s death could be reduced to a blurb.
From "The Line Tender" by Kate Allen
After the debate, “Steve’s Vision” was updated with several more short blurbs and some bolded words.
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
They'll be quoted, parsed, fact-checked, eviscerated by those who disagree, and then forgotten in the wake of new blurbs that come out tomorrow.
From "How It Went Down" by Kekla Magoon
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