oblivion
Example Sentences
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“Cinema is more resistant to oblivion, and certainly longer-living than the short-lived attention span that the internet offers, while your urgency reaches places our films cannot,” Wenders said.
From Salon • Mar. 6, 2026
“I just periodically send an email into oblivion, basically,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 19, 2026
In a statement last week, she said: "We will not allow the blood of these dear ones to be consigned to oblivion or the truth to be lost in the dust."
From BBC • Feb. 9, 2026
Anthropic /Clawdbot almost single-handedly launching the software sector into oblivion in recent weeks,” he said.
From MarketWatch • Feb. 4, 2026
Horatio’s words filled my veins with sorrow and touched my heart like the quickest poison, bringing blackness like the oblivion of death.
From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein
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