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He became so famous that at least one Random House book featured a blurb from Cerf himself.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 30, 2026
The book jacket features a prominent blurb from Johnson calling the doctor’s treatise: “A gripping tale of corruption and courage that will open eyes and prompt serious questions.”
From Salon ● Dec. 15, 2025
In the blurb to the exhibition, Wintour writes that she has “probably spent a year of my life waiting for fashion shows, which are famously tardy, to begin”.
From BBC ● Dec. 3, 2024
The public safety blurb was also expanded to clarify that Garvey supports “more training, better resources, and effective crime prevention strategies.”
From Slate ● Feb. 5, 2024
I didn’t understand how Fred’s death could be reduced to a blurb.
From "The Line Tender" by Kate Allen
I didn’t read the glowing blurbs for a first-time author from Gwyneth Paltrow, Gloria Steinem, Chanel Miller and Mariska Hargitay.
From Salon ● Jun. 25, 2026
After the debate, “Steve’s Vision” was updated with several more short blurbs and some bolded words.
From Slate ● Feb. 5, 2024
Two other blurbs on the cover read: "paranoid and mercurial" and "understanding how Emperor Chongzhen drove himself to a dead end".
From Reuters ● Oct. 23, 2023
While not quite as reclusive as Thomas Pynchon, Mr. McCarthy gave no readings and no blurbs for the jackets of other writers’ books.
From New York Times ● Jun. 13, 2023
Fashion blurbs, silver and full of nothing, sent up their fishy bubbles in my brain.
From "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath
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