blot
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The only blot on Farhan's copybook - and it may feel hypercritical to highlight it - was an apparent lack of match awareness when he reached three figures off 59 balls.
From BBC ● Feb. 28, 2026
A 5-2 thrashing by Atletico Madrid in September was an early blot in Alonso's copy book, while even when Madrid were winning games, they were not overly convincing.
From Barron's ● Jan. 12, 2026
That did not blot out the fear in many fields that raids could happen at any moment.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 30, 2025
Failure would be an indelible blot on his record and vastly complicate life for his successors.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2025
“I know, I know, I’m sorry,” he said quickly, grabbing paper towels from the kitchen and busying himself trying to blot the bits of coffee out of the carpet.
From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny
The shadow cast when the Moon blots out the Sun will begin in Russia's remote Arctic north at around 1700 GMT and continue in an arc over Greenland and Iceland.
From Barron's ● Aug. 11, 2026
In the past, some funds administered Rorschach tests, asking prospective recruits to assess ink blots, aiming to measure their ability to manage complexity.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 16, 2025
Occasional poorer performances have been blots on a generally excellent campaign.
From BBC ● Jan. 6, 2025
Manifestations of grief and inner turmoil here emerge as giant characters outfitted as ink blots.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 10, 2024
“Oh!” cried Miss Bingley, “Charles writes in the most careless way imaginable. He leaves out half his words, and blots the rest.”
From "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen
Dozens queued on a pontoon at Fourka waiting to flee as smoke blotted out the sky over the resorts, according to images broadcast by ERT.
From Barron's ● Aug. 13, 2026
When the helmsman said that it didn’t, Pericles asked, “so, where’s the difference between this and the eclipse, except that something bigger than my cape has blotted out the sun?”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 10, 2026
As Cardena reflected, a Royal Air Force C-17 temporarily blotted out the sun and covered the beachgoers with a gargantuan shadow as it passed over Huntington.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2025
Any fruits and veggies you aren't going to eat immediately should be blotted with a dry paper towel or put in a salad spinner to remove moisture and reduce germ growth.
From Salon ● Aug. 12, 2024
The sea went dark as a huge shape blotted out the light.
From "The Boy Who Met a Whale" by Nizrana Farook
Rothbard blamed Smith’s celebrity for blotting out the better work of abler minds, but Turgot had kept his genius mainly to himself.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
In total, more than 1.7 million satellites could soon be lighting up the night sky, obscuring or blotting out the view of ground-based telescopes.
From Barron's ● Jul. 1, 2026
Maybe we’ll really let things go so far that we’ll seriously need to consider blotting out the sky someday soon.
From Salon ● Apr. 4, 2026
Interestingly, an early draft of the lyrics had the couple fleeing the city and blotting out the pressures of the world, an idea which eventually resurfaced in I Know Places.
From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2023
Pulling open a drawer, Tanin plucked out some blotting paper and dabbed it against her neck, but there was little blood.
From "The Reader" by Traci Chee
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