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glob

[glob] / glɒb /
NOUN
thick lump
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She punctuates the quip by taking a big bite, leaving a glob of frosting on her face.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 11, 2026

If eaten in the right order, locals say, fresh notes should emerge with each glob on the flight: caramel, custard and finally, an almost alcoholic bitterness heralding the Musang King.

From BBC ● Jan. 10, 2026

"It represents who I am, I think," said Braathen, who left the Norwegian set-up in 2023 after clinching the World Cup slalom crystal glob and announced his link-up with the Brazilian federation in March 2024.

From Barron's ● Nov. 16, 2025

"It's basically a glob of randomness," Xue said.

From Science Daily ● Jan. 4, 2024

Matt held up a glob of the stuff and blew the smell toward the animal.

From "The House of the Scorpion" by Nancy Farmer

Hardened globs of crude cling to fishing nets pulled from the lake, and natural gas gurgles up from busted underwater pipelines.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

A $9 grilled cheese sandwich came with a measly piece of bacon, thick globs of half-melted cheese and two slices of burnt Texas Toast.

From Salon ● Aug. 18, 2025

Despite the warnings, I have removed satisfying globs of wax.

From Slate ● Jul. 26, 2025

The scorching heat melted the glass awards her daughter had received for her theater performances, leaving behind deformed globs of crystal.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 30, 2025

The cookies are huge—like, it looks like someone put four globs of cookie dough too close to one another on the tray and a mega cookie happened.

From "What If It's Us" by Becky Albertalli and Adam Silvera


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