blubber
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And yet now whales that were once hunted for their oil are falling victim to the effects of the petroleum or “rock oil” that replaced their melted blubber as a source of light and lubrication.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 8, 2026
Dolphins continue to be poached for their flesh and blubber, from which oil is extracted to use as fishing bait.
From BBC ● Apr. 5, 2025
The daughter of a disgraced house, Valya isn’t content to accept her family’s banishment to a life peddling whale fur and blubber.
From Salon ● Nov. 17, 2024
They swim slowly and near shore, have thick blubber and float when killed, according to Jessica Crance, a research biologist with the Cetacean Assessment and Ecology Program at the Alaska Fisheries Science Center.
From Seattle Times ● May 27, 2024
No, I love things made out of blubber and steel.
From "The Maze Runner" by James Dashner
No other show sent me ping-ponging between uncontrollable giggles and mask-dampening blubbers.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 7, 2021
“People,” she blubbers, losing her balance, “have always thought that I’m a problem.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 11, 2021
Junior blubbers and begs … and finally, to Krug’s satisfaction, does as he’s told.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 1, 2015
Bill blubbers about the inhumanity crushing him in his job.
From New York Times ● Jun. 17, 2014
But really I’m thinking, what can you do with a man who blubbers when you make him pancakes?
From "The Young Man and the Sea" by Rodman Philbrick
One night she introduced herself to Jones, who was directing her then-boyfriend in a short play, and, by Waller-Bridge’s account, blubbered incoherently about being an actress.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 24, 2019
“And yet I still separate my career to before February 2017 and what came after,” he blubbered between heaves of tattle-crying.
From Washington Times ● Apr. 28, 2019
Bubba blubbered after each of his other three victories, too.
From Chicago Tribune ● Apr. 9, 2012
“A bunch of sandlotters, those Mets,” he blubbered.
From New York Times ● Feb. 20, 2012
“She looks like an old cooking pot,” blubbered Aunt Chipo.
From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer
But the version performed in this all-too-short concert documentary—by the resident orchestra and the marvelous singer Sheléa—might reduce boomers to blubbering.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026
Keep a box of tissues close by: I was a blubbering mess two minutes in, when Hanks follows Murray’s cold open with one of the eulogies from Candy’s funeral.
From Salon ● Oct. 12, 2025
You’re going to just get stern and I’m just going to be a blubbering idiot.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 15, 2023
And he said he was glad to be travelling with Paralympian Tanni Grey-Thompson, as "I would've just been a blubbering mess otherwise."
From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2021
“Don’t you dare start blubbering on me. None of this was your fault. It was Winkleman.”
From "Schooled" by Gordon Korman
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