drew a blank
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For months we drew a blank in our hunt for Luka.
From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2026
But after missing several big chances at Newcastle, Haaland drew a blank again, fluffing his lines with a poor touch that allowed Flekken to save when he should have hit the target.
From Barron's ● Nov. 25, 2025
Before she drew a blank at Lahan Al Hayat, she had visited Syria's Social Affairs Ministry.
From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2025
But in 2016, he forgot how to do his work: Procedures he’d been following for years drew a blank.
From New York Times ● May 2, 2024
But no matter how hard I focused, struggling to come up with a new plan of attack, my mind drew a blank.
From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas
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