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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

Harrison Armstrong: Cautioned for needlessly dragging Bruno Fernandes round the neck, but a minor blot on an otherwise impressive performance.

From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2026

And when I consider airports, I blot the memory of the woman next to me at Gate 66 who insists on blaring a video call at maximum volume.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026

Failure would be an indelible blot on his record and vastly complicate life for his successors.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2025

Like other unpleasant things, I began to blot it from my memory.

From "Bless Me, Ultima" by Rudolfo Anaya

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

When the Moon blots out the Sun on August 12, teams will leap into action studying its magnetic field, atmosphere and furious weather that sometimes causes disruptions back here on Earth.

From Barron's ● Aug. 5, 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

“They say black absorbs all color. It blots and consumes it and gives us nothing back. That’s wrong, don’t you think?”

From "Krik? Krak!" by Edwidge Danticat

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

He has already blotted his copybook with the inquiry's chair Sir Wyn Williams over a £450,000 bonus he was due to receive.

From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2024

We went up the street, on the shady side, where the shadow of the broken facade blotted slowly across the road.

From "The Sound and the Fury" by William Faulkner

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

"Hello darkness my old friend" says Metro, showing the Moon slowly blotting out the Sun as seen in the skies above south London, where a 97% eclipse was witnessed.

From BBC ● Aug. 12, 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

Ron was still in a very bad temper and kept blotting his Charms homework.

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