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glob

[glob] / glɒb /
NOUN
thick lump
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If eaten in the right order, locals say, fresh notes should emerge with each glob on the flight: caramel, custard and finally, an almost alcoholic bitterness heralding the Musang King.

From BBC Jan. 10, 2026

"It represents who I am, I think," said Braathen, who left the Norwegian set-up in 2023 after clinching the World Cup slalom crystal glob and announced his link-up with the Brazilian federation in March 2024.

From Barron's Nov. 16, 2025

“Not, put it on the baseball, not glob the baseball with it, but put a little pine tar on their fingertips and give them a little better adherence to the baseball.”

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 20, 2025

"It's basically a glob of randomness," Xue said.

From Science Daily Jan. 4, 2024

He pulled the door open, then turned and dropped a stringy brown glob of spit into the unflushed toilet.

From "100 Sideways Miles" by Andrew Smith

Despite the warnings, I have removed satisfying globs of wax.

From Slate Jul. 26, 2025

Or crouched in the apartment hallway, scooping up globs of spilled cheesecake with Rachel.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 30, 2023

Kreztler cautions against camping under trees because the melting cycles under trees make the snow icy and lumpy — and campers risk large globs of snow falling on them.

From Seattle Times Dec. 15, 2022

This time, it’s MoMA’s collection behind the globs and blobs.

From New York Times Dec. 15, 2022

Other globs of verbal fat include the metaconcepts we suctioned out in chapter 2, including matter, view, subject, process, basis, factor, level, and model.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker




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