blot
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A 5-2 thrashing by Atletico Madrid in September was an early blot in Alonso's copy book, while even when Madrid were winning games, they were not overly convincing.
From Barron's ● Jan. 12, 2026
That did not blot out the fear in many fields that raids could happen at any moment.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 30, 2025
Yes, he did so with the help of Hitler and Mussolini, and his proximity to these evil men is a true blot on his record.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 28, 2025
The blot may not be huge but it remains on Root's copybook.
From BBC ● Nov. 10, 2025
She rode it down toward the crumbling towers, her nerves growing jumpy as the ruins rose up to blot out the half-moon.
From "Uglies" by Scott Westerfeld
In the past, some funds administered Rorschach tests, asking prospective recruits to assess ink blots, aiming to measure their ability to manage complexity.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 16, 2025
Occasional poorer performances have been blots on a generally excellent campaign.
From BBC ● Jan. 6, 2025
Will it be a fiery landscape where sizzling sidewalks cause second-degree burns, wildfire smoke blots out the sun, and water flows only sometimes, and mostly not at all?
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2024
Südhof and his team members have responded by posting original data and high-resolution images, such as blots, and explaining the work.
From Science Magazine ● Apr. 30, 2024
We all know how our imagination sometimes makes us see all sorts of images in chance formations such as clouds or blots.
From "History of Art, Volume 1" by H.W. Janson
When the helmsman said that it didn’t, Pericles asked, “so, where’s the difference between this and the eclipse, except that something bigger than my cape has blotted out the sun?”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 10, 2026
Until last Sunday, when black towers of smoke blotted out the sun.
From Barron's ● Feb. 24, 2026
Any fruits and veggies you aren't going to eat immediately should be blotted with a dry paper towel or put in a salad spinner to remove moisture and reduce germ growth.
From Salon ● Aug. 12, 2024
As for Rose, bogeys on 17 and 18 blotted an otherwise excellent round.
From BBC ● May 19, 2024
Rivera was already there, his face blotted out by the lights.
From "The Contender" by Robert Lipsyte
In total, more than 1.7 million satellites could soon be lighting up the night sky, obscuring or blotting out the view of ground-based telescopes.
From Barron's ● Jul. 1, 2026
Needless to say, shaking off 2025 will require quite a bit of verbal blotting.
From Salon ● Dec. 17, 2025
He's previously said that his earliest memory was "a massive ship at the end of my street, towering over the houses and blotting out the sun".
From BBC ● Jun. 10, 2025
The moon will line up perfectly between the Earth and the sun, blotting out the sunlight.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 7, 2024
Panic- filled recollections flooded my mind, blotting out the courtroom proceedings.
From "Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High" by Melba Pattillo Beals
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