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Moth swarms so thick they can blot out the stars are fluttering across Australia, heralding a migratory spectacle unseen since the creature's brush with extinction nearly 10 years ago.

From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026

Thereafter, and with the game long decided, England dropped six chances, five of which were tough, in the back half of West Indies' innings to blot their copybook somewhat.

From BBC ● Jun. 24, 2026

The German DAX was one blot on the early European picture, falling 0.7% as SAP tumbled 12% after announcing earnings.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 29, 2026

A black blot suddenly appears on the wall, as if someone hurled an inkpot.

From Slate ● Jul. 7, 2025

Then she would fly as Aegon the Conqueror had flown, up and up, until Meereen was so small that she could blot it out with her thumb.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin

For architecture and design lovers, among the biggest blots on the Orbán era was the mismanagement of Budapest’s Museum of Applied Arts, located in a landmark 1890s art nouveau building.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026

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

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

We watch the chaos that follows until the wave blots out the cameras.

From "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins

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

Within three hours, black smoke billowing down from the hills blotted out the sun as locals fled, streets jammed with cars, and anxiety turned to flat-out panic.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 8, 2025

In an alternative pre-history, we might imagine those early gaze-following dinos continuing to evolve, unmolested by giant asteroids that blotted out the sun.

From Salon ● Sep. 13, 2024

He could even see the place directly west, where the emerald light deepened into a shade so dense, it blotted out the trees.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman

Further analysis using Western blotting showed that protein changes remained detectable even after cells were transferred back into fluid with normal viscosity.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 24, 2026

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

Needless to say, shaking off 2025 will require quite a bit of verbal blotting.

From Salon ● Dec. 17, 2025

Harry scrawled, blotting the page in his excitement.

From "Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets" by J. K. Rowling