blotting out
Example Sentences
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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
From up in the space shuttle, in 1983, astronaut Sally Ride could see the pollution blotting out her Los Angeles hometown.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 26, 2026
Many houses had their upper stories built so that they extended over the narrow streets, blotting out the sky.
From "Crispin: The Cross of Lead" by Avi
