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Recent Examples of blip
If emissions continue at their current trajectory, about one in twenty could blip out of existence.
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Jonathan Lambert, NPR, 7 Dec. 2024
Back to the Carrera T, and the latest 911 is fitted as standard with rear-wheel steering – this was an option on the previous T – along with a sports exhaust and a rev-matching function that blips the engine between downshifts.
—Alistair Charlton, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024
Watching them blip along to the music is a fun retro touch.
—Chris Haslam, WIRED, 9 Aug. 2024
Again and again, followed by hard braking—courtesy of Wilwood—and a downshift or two after a bit of throttle blipping to rev match.
—Michael Van Runkle, Forbes, 29 Feb. 2024
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Jonathan Lambert, NPR, 7 Dec. 2024
Back to the Carrera T, and the latest 911 is fitted as standard with rear-wheel steering – this was an option on the previous T – along with a sports exhaust and a rev-matching function that blips the engine between downshifts.
—Alistair Charlton, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024
Watching them blip along to the music is a fun retro touch.
—Chris Haslam, WIRED, 9 Aug. 2024
Again and again, followed by hard braking—courtesy of Wilwood—and a downshift or two after a bit of throttle blipping to rev match.
—Michael Van Runkle, Forbes, 29 Feb. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for blip
Verb
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But clipping in a hair topper or something like a fake ponytail can provide immediate gratification.—
Jessica Hartshorn,
Flow Space,
18 July 2025
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Some young families attended with their children as well as young professionals dressed in business casual with IDs clipped to their waist.—
Cate Charron,
IndyStar,
17 July 2025
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Severe weather in recent years has also strained local farms, at times wiping out entire crops at once.—
P.R. Lockhart,
Hartford Courant,
10 July 2025
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Two major climate disasters of 2025 — the Texas flooding that killed more than 100 people and the L.A. wildfires in January that resulted in 30 deaths and wiped out more than 15,000 homes and businesses — highlight the struggles officials face in fully preparing for extreme weather conditions.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
9 July 2025
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Kurt's key takeaways The AI tattoo machine isn't here to erase tradition.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
14 July 2025
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And the push to exclude non-citizens from the next count is unconstitutional, deeply un-American and designed to erase entire communities.—
Genesis Robinson,
The Orlando Sentinel,
13 July 2025
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The compact white bots with little orange flags and vaguely tortoise-like bodies will bleep-bloop food from participating businesses to locations within a small urban radius.—
Ali Francis,
Bon Appétit,
14 Oct. 2022
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International broadcasters get their own raw feed of the ceremony and must decide on their own whether to bleep — which is why unbleeped video from other countries soon appeared on social media, showcasing what really happened.—
Michael Schneider,
Variety,
28 Mar. 2022
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Most of the books were singed but readable, with titles outlined in charcoal and price conveniently obliterated.—
Peter Wortsman
July 14,
Literary Hub,
14 July 2025
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Apache Stronghold and other Apache people in the area say the mine proposed by British-Australian mining firm Resolution Copper would destroy the site, obliterating its connection to the ga'an, or Mountain Spirits and thus preventing any worship at the site.—
Debra Utacia Krol,
AZCentral.com,
13 July 2025
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The handle snaps on and can be removed entirely or replaced with a strap.—
Louryn Strampe,
Wired News,
20 July 2025
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The work includes removing asphalt surface and placing new waterproofing, a new asphalt surface and associated items.—
Jalen Williams,
Freep.com,
20 July 2025
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The News The Senate is pushing off plans to sanction Russia and its trading partners until at least July, as war between Iran and Israel and Republicans’ massive tax cuts bill blot out the popular bipartisan legislation.—
Morgan Chalfant,
semafor.com,
17 June 2025
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Photo : Callaway Henderson Sotheby’s International Realty Trees and shrubbery blot out neighboring homes.—
Demetrius Simms,
Robb Report,
15 May 2025
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The fest was especially significant this year — the 50th anniversary of resettlement in the U.S. by refugees emanating from the Vietnam War, the Secret War in Laos and the Khmer Rouge genocide in Cambodia that attempted to eradicate artists, intellectuals and cultural bearers from society.—
Jia H. Jung,
Mercury News,
11 July 2025
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Measles was eradicated in the United States 25 years ago.—
Taylor Wilson,
USA Today,
10 July 2025
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“Blip.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blip. Accessed 24 Jul. 2025.
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