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[blur] / blɜr /




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Their subtle structures are difficult to measure, especially with telescopes on the ground, where turbulence in Earth's atmosphere can blur fine details.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 24, 2026

Marwa Rahim’s first weeks in Houston were a blur.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 6, 2026

Remembering the occasion, Oliver said it was "such a blur" and recalled how he had reassured her by telling her not to be nervous because they were "just sharing two songs".

From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026

But innovation will remain a hard sell so long as users remain entranced by the big blur, where art becomes media, media becomes content, and content becomes time tossed into the wind.

From Salon ● Aug. 27, 2026

I couldn’t see anything when I got back to the crows’ tree, not even a blur, and I felt pretty sad.

From "Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer" by Kelly Jones

By agreeing to whatever Fielder has in store, Seyfried willingly blurs the lines between art and reality.

From Salon ● Oct. 25, 2026

As his latest book ‘The Radiance’ blurs the lines between memory and invention, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author makes a compelling case for why literature remains our richest record of human consciousness.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2026

“A carefully curated palette of wood, stone, water, and light blurs the boundaries between indoors and out, creating an atmosphere of serenity and effortless connection to the landscape.”

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 14, 2026

The threshold redraws itself each time public attention blurs.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 28, 2026

My vision blurs and darkens, the water changing in front of my eyes, slowly morphing into a black sky, tiny pinpoints of light appearing.

From "Five Feet Apart" by Rachael Lippincott

Screenshots of the meme and interview were shared, with both the word "dictator" and Mbappé's face blurred out.

From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026

When her brother tried to snoop, HomeView blurred the screen.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026

The line between art and commerce has blurred so much that people unintentionally conflate all visual media with advertising — if they can’t see themselves in it, they’re not buying it.

From Salon ● Sep. 23, 2026

"I guess it's safe to say that the line between war and peace has been blurred, and that's the new reality that we live with in Europe right now," he said, prescribing his Nordic remedy.

From Barron's ● Sep. 15, 2026

Everyone but Mom has their faces blurred, but it doesn’t matter.

From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller

Dafydd Judd, a personal trainer in Cardiff, said he felt the "lines are blurring" between fitness and technology addiction.

From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026

In You Can See Everything, comedian Fielder - known for shows including The Rehearsal and The Curse - places himself inside the action, once again blurring the lines between documentary, social experiment and prank show.

From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026

Because the telescope observes from space, it can capture sharper images across complete rotations of Saturn without the blurring caused by Earth's atmosphere.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 3, 2026

It is appropriate, given the poet’s acknowledged small sense of himself, that we get multiple “takes” on the subject, sometimes revealing him, sometimes blurring his features.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026

Then, inexplicably, she was running alongside the Wall, crying, names rushing and blurring and bumping under her outstretched hand.

From "Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam" by Elizabeth Partridge


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