blimpish

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Recent Examples of blimpish Huntington, a lifelong Democrat, was accused of blimpish conservatism, jingoism or worse. Gary J. Bass, New York Times, 29 June 2018
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Adjective
  • The thing everyone, from the NCAA’s fiercest critics to its most loyal defenders, understood had to remain nonnegotiable.
    Eddie Brown, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 June 2026
  • The New Britain native was popular and enjoyed the support of loyal followers.
    Kevin Rennie, Hartford Courant, 13 June 2026
Adjective
  • Bosnia and Herzegovina’s faithful — who comprised the vocal majority amidst the full house for Thursday’s 4-1 Group B loss to Switzerland at SoFi Stadium — are seeing manager Sergej Barbarez pull the same improbable stunt.
    Mirjam Swanson, Los Angeles Times, 18 June 2026
  • As expected, the nostalgic remake of the Air Force 1’s 2001 mold stays faithful to an era of the sneaker that many purists consider to be among the best.
    Riley Jones, Footwear News, 18 June 2026
Adjective
  • Sacramento Councilmember Karina Talamantes, whose district is directly adjacent to the project, has remained steadfast in her opposition to the development, urging the county to further delay the vote until a new supervisor is elected to replace Phil Serna, who is championing the project.
    Jennah Pendleton, Sacbee.com, 16 June 2026
  • While fashion cycles continue to accelerate—microtrends anchoring and evaporating in the span of a season—the twins have remained steadfast in their aesthetic convictions, causing the masses to forage and collect the few visuals of them doing just so.
    Cortne Bonilla, Vogue, 12 June 2026
Adjective
  • The President, this faction argued, was too cowed by hawkish interventionists like Mark Levin, a neoconservative commentator.
    Antonia Hitchens, New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2026
  • Those twenty-five years or so were the apex of Washington Consensus conservatism, of neoconservative interventions abroad and neoliberal economic policy at home.
    Suzanne Schneider, The New York Review of Books, 25 Mar. 2026
Adjective
  • At the center of the celebration was eight-year-old patient Derek Munizcalero, a devoted soccer fan who served as the guest of honor during the event.
    Amari Riley, Charlotte Observer, 17 June 2026
  • On the brink of prom queen glory and a coveted athletic scholarship, obsessive overachiever Kat Walker (Anwen O’Driscoll) is determined to maintain the flawless image she’s built for herself and for her devoted single mother, Abigail (Danielle Panabaker).
    Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 17 June 2026
Adjective
  • Frama’s shelving unit extends your staunch Brutalist design mindset to the bathroom.
    Audrey Lee, Architectural Digest, 18 June 2026
  • Since splitting from OpenAI to start Anthropic in 2021, Amodei and his top executives have been staunch advocates for AI regulation and have supported legislation at both state and federal levels.
    Ashley Capoot, CNBC, 17 June 2026
Adjective
  • Yet stocks fell Wednesday after the Federal Reserve held interest rates steady, and traders are pricing in the chance of a rate hike as soon as September.
    John Towfighi, CNN Money, 19 June 2026
  • The article posits that true calm stems not from certainty, but from clear, consistent signals, akin to a jazz band's steady bass line.
    Gerald J. Leonard, Forbes.com, 19 June 2026
Adjective
  • This color is rarely found in nature because few organisms can create the true-blue pigment.
    Clarence Schmidt, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 May 2026
  • With flowers blooming summer through fall in vivid true-blue hues, dwarf morning-glory invigorates sunny planting beds.
    Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 19 May 2026

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“Blimpish.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blimpish. Accessed 21 Jun. 2026.

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