blur
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For Taylor, who was sober on the night of her attack, large parts of that night remain a blur, but she is "thankful" to her friends who helped keep her safe.
From BBC ● Jul. 9, 2026
Most of the set pieces rush past in a blur.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 9, 2026
There’s no dribbling here, no sudden change of direction, or blur of delicate touches.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026
But Tammy Beaumont had little time to dwell on a hazy blur of tiredness or the overwhelming excitement at new-found freedom, as she went straight from Loughborough to her England debut in the Caribbean.
From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026
Out of the corner of my eye I could see the same was true for Mae; her hands were a blur and her lips never stopped moving.
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
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Its asymmetrical, free-form plate-glass top rests on a base made of two identical, U-shaped wooden legs —a configuration that blurs distinctions between primitivism and classicism, the organic and the engineered, furniture and art.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 1, 2026
The split reaction reflects a broader debate over how journalists operate in an era when protests are live-streamed, social media blurs professional boundaries, and reporters increasingly find themselves in the middle of political confrontations.
From Salon ● Jan. 31, 2026
With CGI-enhanced action, thunderous fight sequences and dialogue like, "I enter politics not to plunder, but to serve", the film blurs fiction and intent.
From BBC ● Jan. 12, 2026
It certainly blurs certain boundaries, and does not allow you a healthy and clean break postbreakup.
From MarketWatch ● Jan. 6, 2026
When the words do come out of her mouth, for a full ten seconds, my vision blurs and blackness comes into the corners of my eyes and I waver on my feet.
From "King and the Dragonflies" by Kacen Callender
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The piece’s hero image is Waters, sitting on a couch with what appears to be a toddler while, blurred in the foreground, a pair of baby feet dangle into the frame.
From Salon ● Jul. 27, 2026
Many recent graduates entered the workforce during the COVID-19 pandemic, a time when the line between personal and professional life was often blurred.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 21, 2026
As a result, the system can generate trajectories that correspond to stretched, blurred, or inverted arrows of time.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 3, 2026
The ghost of Vice still lingers in today’s media ecosystem in what he called our “era of cartel journalism:” creators navigating a world of blurred incentives and corporate interests.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2026
His vision was blurred, and he saw swathes of color that could not be there.
From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell
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Across YouTube videos, video games, VR experiences and TikTok edits, audiences are located inside the environment itself blurring the boundaries between storytelling, role-playing, tourism and online participation.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 26, 2026
Vision issues such as blurring, difficulty looking at bright lights or complete blindness in some cases are a "red flag" warning sign.
From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2026
Vermeer offers a chase after clues by hiding as he seeks, blurring and defining as he moves our eyes around the canvas.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026
The design software market faces unique risks, Radke conceded, as generative AI reduces the time and skill required for prototyping and ideation, in turn blurring the boundaries “of who a ‘designer’ is.”
From Barron's ● Jun. 17, 2026
“It’s . . . it’s ... I don’t know,” Hannah said miserably, fingers in her mouth, blurring the words.
From "The Devil's Arithmetic" by Jane Yolen
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