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A political novice, Darline is a blank slate and has been notoriously press-shy since taking office.
From Slate ● Aug. 11, 2026
At first, his mind went blank as he tried to make sense of the problem.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 8, 2026
Savita believes the exam was manipulated, alleging some candidates left answers blank so they could be filled in later.
From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2026
"The screen went blank, flashed several times and the phone appeared to restart," according to CBP officers.
From Barron's ● Jul. 29, 2026
“But the pages were blank, or at least unreadable, were they not? Even the children said that the only part of the book that could be clearly made out was the title.”
From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood
Yet many companies have been waiting for the Treasury Department and IRS to fill in the blanks on the rules for contributions from employers and employees.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 14, 2026
"Every stage is crucial," explains master cymbalsmith Hasan Seker, a burly 56-year-old who co-founded Bosphorus Cymbals in 1996 and is sweating after hauling glowing blanks into and out of the furnace.
From Barron's ● Aug. 6, 2026
The reporting since then has filled in the blanks.
From Salon ● Jul. 25, 2026
They let the listener fill in the blanks, and the broader meaning tends to sink in subliminally.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 14, 2026
She might even fill in the blanks for them after they’ve left the room.
From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt
HBO the canvas is wider and blanker, and Sinclair says that the previous episodes put them under pressure too.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 16, 2016
Eilis’s innocence couldn’t be purer or blanker if she had been imported straight from “Little Red Riding Hood,” and the simplicity of the good—and the bad—folk back home in Enniscorthy couldn’t be more apparent.
From The New Yorker ● Nov. 6, 2015
On that first day, I glimpsed Ayano in the intensive care room, wrapped in a red and blue blanker, struggling to breathe, his eyes tipped back into his skull.
From Time Magazine Archive
The men hovering around us all had that murky quality to their expressions—blank smiles, blanker eyes.
From "The Darkest Minds" by Alexandra Bracken
His mind went blanker still, for he knew little about good wines.
From Harrigan by Max Brand
"No," said the Spain coach, with the blankest of looks on his face, after being asked if he had seen a better team than his at the European Championship.
From Fox News ● Jul. 5, 2021
“No,” said the Spain coach, with the blankest of looks on his face, after being asked if he had seen a better team than his at the European Championship.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 5, 2021
“She looked at me right in the eye with the blankest face, the blankest white pale face, a face that haunts me to this day, and says, ‘I love you,’ he recalled.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 10, 2016
“It was a failed experiment. I was singing something about how expensive my hormones were, and I just got the blankest face from him.”
From The Guardian ● Apr. 7, 2016
None of his “leads” had led anywhere, except, perhaps, down a blind alley toward the blankest of walls.
From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote
Four-goal Mikel Oyarzabal has blanked in the past two matches, so Luis de la Fuente's side have needed late intervention from substitute Mikel Merino to edge past both Portugal and Belgium in the knockout rounds.
From BBC ● Jul. 12, 2026
Neither was enough to win, though it ensured the Dodgers weren’t blanked.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 6, 2026
Leo Darrelatour crossed to prevent Catalans from being blanked but there was still time for James McDonnell to add an eighth try for Leeds.
From BBC ● Apr. 24, 2026
On their home ice and snow, Norway went from getting blanked to winning 10 golds and the medal count.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 17, 2026
My dog always did that when I blanked out.
From "100 Sideways Miles" by Andrew Smith
Norco advanced to the finals by blanking Orange Lutheran 2-0.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 5, 2026
Tudor came under heavy criticism, not just for replacing Antonin Kinsky after only 17 minutes following two mistakes in the 5-2 defeat, but for blanking the young keeper as he walked off.
From BBC ● Mar. 15, 2026
Michigan steamrolled into the playoff with its first No. 1 ranking since 1997, beating Ohio State in The Game and blanking Iowa in the Big Ten title game.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 31, 2023
It was Minnesota’s first shutout since defeating Green Bay 16-0 on Dec. 23, 2017 and the first blanking of Las Vegas since its 24-0 loss to New Orleans on Oct.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 11, 2023
Later I would feel bad about such things, but when I came back from blanking out, I acted so horribly.
From "100 Sideways Miles" by Andrew Smith
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