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Duke, the 2026 top overall seed, has a score of 38.90—meaning the Blue Devils would be expected to blow out a team by nearly 39 points over 100 possessions.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 17, 2026

At El Atacor #1, Perkins carefully placed the extra-long candles along each tier of the cake and lit them up for Escoto to blow out.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 20, 2025

On Sunday, the bull market that began in October 2022 will officially blow out the candles on its third birthday cake.

From MarketWatch Oct. 9, 2025

So I decided to blow out the tenets of my current kitchen triage — salt, acid, oregano — into a full-blown meal.

From Salon Aug. 26, 2025

Sinita took a deep breath as if she were going to blow out all her grandmother’s birthday candles.

From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez




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