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blip

[blip] / blɪp /
NOUN
minor shock
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Micron stock has stuttered in recent weeks but Mizuho's Vijay Rakesh is confident it will only be a blip.

From Barron's Aug. 11, 2026

The only time it faltered was when he was broken at the start of the third set - a blip he immediately corrected - and when he served for the match at 5-3 up.

From BBC Jul. 3, 2026

The high volatility during Tuesday’s trading session could wind up being a momentary blip as the hardware-infrastructure buildup to support generative artificial intelligence continues.

From MarketWatch Jun. 23, 2026

A little over a year ago he was just a faint blip on coach Mauricio Pochettino’s radar.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 23, 2026

A single blip written into the software and every single piece of information in the Stormbreaker software could be destroyed at any time.

From "Stormbreaker" by Anthony Horowitz

Against that backdrop, shares of Wingstop were down 4.8% on Wednesday, after occasional positive-territory blips earlier in the day.

From MarketWatch Apr. 29, 2026

"For a long time, no one knew quite what to make of these oddball little blips of dimming," Bouma said.

From Science Daily Mar. 27, 2026

The TV business has been atomized into a thousand tiny pieces—clips, blips, YouTubes, TikToks.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 12, 2026

Just four sets dropped across the entire tournament, with any perceived blips or wobbles not really worthy of the name.

From BBC Jan. 4, 2026

“Yes, only this time I read for E.T.! For E.T. the alien! That’s the crazy part. I did all these wacked-out lip trills and blips and blops.”

From "Better Nate Than Ever" by Tim Federle

The space station’s communications with ground controllers blipped out twice for a few minutes on Thursday.

From Seattle Times Aug. 4, 2021

Jimmy specifically mentions that Vision is dead, and not just blipped.

From Slate Jan. 29, 2021

The first data ever transmitted over Arpanet, the precursor of the internet, blipped from a computer at the University of California, Los Angeles to one at the Stanford Research Institute in Palo Alto on Oct.

From Scientific American Sep. 28, 2019

He blipped on the radar of security services in early 2015, when he made his first failed bid to reach Syria.

From Reuters Jul. 29, 2016

We had almost made it back into the neighborhood, when lights flashed and a siren blipped behind us.

From "The Rock and the River" by Kekla Magoon

Take “First Rodeo,” a sleek midtempo track with twangy guitars and blipping synths in which Ballerini extends a metaphor about getting back on the horse further than you’d think possible without breaking it.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 28, 2024

Five police cars drove by, sirens blipping, and neighbors and friends drove by as well, holding signs of support.

From Washington Times Jul. 18, 2020

Diplo and Alicia Keys are among its seven songwriters; Ms. Keys’s piano is also in the track, which harnesses blipping electronics and a house beat to a gospelly buildup.

From New York Times Dec. 23, 2014

United are "monitoring" the Aalesunds No1, presumably on a black and green radar screen making an irregular blipping noise.

From The Guardian Jul. 29, 2010

And then, in a surprise blipping, Mrs. Pomodoro begins speaking in zoomzoomzoom Italian to Signora Divino, who is so shockfulled that she has to sit down on the stone wall.

From "The Unfinished Angel" by Sharon Creech




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