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
Their evidence included finding stone harpoon points that hadn’t been used since the mid-1800s embedded in the blubber of whales recently killed by traditional whalers.
From Salon ● Dec. 27, 2024
On the business end, there is a 3cm metal tip that plucks a piece of skin and blubber from the whale’s body.
From BBC ● Jun. 7, 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
Tons of whale meat, bone, and scrap blubber lay rotting around the station.
From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong
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
But if you are planning to take this book to the beach, beware it might get your towel soggy; for almost 300 pages Hannah bawls, blubbers, wails, and weeps.
From Slate ● Jun. 30, 2012
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
Instead, she slammed the brownies down, blubbered, “Well, they’re not!” and stomped out of the house.
From "Crash" by Jerry Spinelli
On restaurant outings I have pulled up a scene from the cinematic gem “Hoosiers” and gotten choked up while my kids prayed I wouldn’t still be blubbering when the waiter came.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 13, 2026
Faced with retirement and missing out on one more Ashes dance, Harris was a "blubbering mess".
From BBC ● Nov. 4, 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 I think, you know, it's kind of amazing that Hank comes to him just blubbering and in tears, and the fact that he wants to open up a franchise with him is like, "What?"
From Salon ● Jun. 13, 2022
“Oh my God. Oh—” “Spare me your blubbering, okay?”
From "Insurgent" by Veronica Roth
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