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Recent Examples of blat
Brett Berk, GQ, 26 June 2017
Verb
Your problem is that you were raised on fantasies of blatting muscle cars and Bueller-esque Ferrari Daytonas, and don’t know how to find something fun, affordable, and unexpected.
—Brett Berk, GQ, 26 June 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for blat
Verb
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Hostin exclaimed after the video ended.—
Emlyn Travis,
Entertainment Weekly,
20 Oct. 2025
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Noone exclaimed, with put-on familiarity.—
Eren Orbey,
New Yorker,
13 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The 17-year-old’s entrance drew the loudest roar, a fleeting spark of hope from a crowd otherwise watching a season fade.—
Ira Gorawara,
New York Times,
2 Nov. 2025
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Then a deep, unmistakable roar of a lion rolled across the flatness.—
AFAR Media,
AFAR Media,
30 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Hyman shared another video of herself shouting about the incident in what appeared to be a cafe attached to the gym.—
Alia Shoaib,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Nov. 2025
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Video from the scene shows an agent wrestling a suspect to the ground and striking him multiple times as bystanders shouted profanity and tried to intervene, with one person attempting to pull an agent away.—
Bonny Chu,
FOXNews.com,
3 Nov. 2025
Noun
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That frenetic screech of packing tape echoing in your emptying home may send your blood pressure soaring.—
USA TODAY,
USA Today,
22 Oct. 2025
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So rang the delighted screech of a young Manchester United fan outside the Progress with Unity Stadium, an hour before United’s Women’s Champions League debut against Valarenga on Wednesday night.—
Megan Feringa,
New York Times,
9 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Things take a turn for the whimsical when, with the help of some lightning — and later, Taffy’s tanning bed — Lisa finds a companion in an undead, Victorian-era Cole Sprouse, a hopeless romantic who communicates exclusively in grunts, and whose devotion to Lisa knows no bounds.—
Bailey Richards,
PEOPLE,
31 Oct. 2025
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The beat and the backing grunts are tense (and intense), but the electric piano is warm and tender.—
Andrew Unterberger,
Billboard,
31 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The same 60 Minutes that Trump bellowed against and sued over edits to a sit-down with Kamala Harris last year — a lawsuit that held up David Ellison‘s $8 billion purchase of Paramount until a $16 million payout was handed over to a gloating POTUS.—
Dominic Patten,
Deadline,
1 Nov. 2025
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These Wrigleyville crowds should be packed in and bellowing.—
Steven Louis Goldstein,
New York Times,
30 Sep. 2025
Noun
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How moo moo came to be be The Facebook group and the resulting moo moo movement began with a conversation between Huckins and a friend, according to both women.—
Eric D. Lawrence,
USA Today,
12 Aug. 2025
Noun
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My father mistakes it for the verb to bray, like a donkey.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
17 Oct. 2025
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“Blat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blat. Accessed 6 Nov. 2025.
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