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blotted out



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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

Until last Sunday, when black towers of smoke blotted out the sun.

From Barron's ● Feb. 24, 2026

They even feared the apocalypse when the sun briefly was blotted out of sight.

From Slate ● Jul. 22, 2024

Its funding sidestepped public coffers to keep clear of the kind of censorship that had blotted out “América Tropical.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 12, 2024

Before she could answer, I heard a massive creaking noise, and a shadow blotted out the sky.

From "The Titan's Curse" by Rick Riordan




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