oblivion
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Slim Pickens yee-hawed riding “Dr. Strangelove’s” atomic bomb to oblivion; Cruise brandishes his grandpappy’s original shovel that struck crude in 1917 and whoops, “Oil is the mother’s milk of Earth!”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 29, 2026
He senses the world changing in real time and doesn’t want to get left behind, lest his reporting and notoriety succumb to oblivion.
From Salon ● Sep. 26, 2026
From near oblivion to Europe and beating the champions of England on the club's milestone day, this is the Seagulls' remarkable story...
From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026
The league has punted the Clippers into oblivion for actions that amounted to very little.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026
Seated on the church steps tonight, I wondered if he could have known how truly he spoke, how total the feeling of oblivion was.
From "Black Like Me" by John Howard Griffin
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