blip

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Recent Examples of blip 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 Ever since Timothée Chalamet blipped onto the greater public’s radar with Call Me by Your Name in 2017, the young actor has proven to be versatile, charismatic, remarkably unselfconscious, and able to both amplify and weaponize his attractiveness (see: Lady Bird or, better yet, Bones and All). David Fear, Rolling Stone, 14 Dec. 2023 See All Example Sentences for blip
Recent Examples of Synonyms for blip
Verb
  • The Japanese driver clipped the kerb and lost control of the rear of the RB21.
    Lydia Mee, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 May 2025
  • The funny thing about cord cutters is that their numbers are growing — and the size of this group is being fueled, obviously, by people clipping their ties to cable.
    Brian Steinberg, Variety, 16 May 2025
Verb
  • This is not the first time the TV host has wiped out on stage.
    Christina Dugan Ramirez, FOXNews.com, 22 May 2025
  • Missouri: Pollen and the asteroid When an asteroid struck Earth some 66 million years ago, the one blamed for wiping out the dinosaurs, it is believed to have sent a tidal wave crashing onto North America.
    Francisca Oboh Ikuenobe, The Conversation, 20 May 2025
Verb
  • The reported probe adds to a string of recent setbacks for the healthcare conglomerate that has erased more than half, or over $300 billion, from its market value since November, when shares were trading at record highs.
    Sneha S.K, USA Today, 16 May 2025
  • Even so, the change in staffing of the longstanding skycap service erases yet another defining feature that has differentiated Southwest from its rivals, says airline industry expert Henry Harteveldt.
    Lori Weisberg, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 May 2025
Verb
  • 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
  • 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
Verb
  • Two of Elissa’s tumors were obliterated that day, but the third was too difficult to reach without repositioning Elissa’s body in a way that would have taken too much time under anesthesia.
    Kristen Jordan Shamus, USA Today, 19 May 2025
  • By that act, Mason & Dixon’s line has been obliterated; New York has become as Virginia; and the power to hold, hunt, and sell men, women, and children as slaves remains no longer a mere state institution, but is now an institution of the whole United States.
    Liz Tracey, JSTOR Daily, 19 May 2025
Verb
  • Inside, the inmates then cut through the pipes connected to the sink and toilet to remove them and escape through the wall.
    Sean Neumann, People.com, 21 May 2025
  • The office had to remove most furniture and relocate client documents somewhere dry.
    Sofi Zeman, Kansas City Star, 21 May 2025
Verb
  • Step 6: Dry With Towels and Groom Speed up the drying time by using old towels to blot out excess water.
    Tessa Cooper, Southern Living, 21 Apr. 2025
  • Those in the eclipse's path were treated to an incredible display as the moon completely blotted out the sun and revealed its outermost layer, which for a few minutes appeared as a striking glowing ring.
    Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 8 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • Guy Gooder, a graphic designer and the district’s community service project chair, said Edwards did not stick to the topic he was given and insulted the Rotarians by attacking federal agencies the organization works closely with to eradicate polio.
    Danielle Battaglia, Charlotte Observer, 13 May 2025
  • Over its final 20 years, the Gates Foundation will focus on ending preventable childbirth deaths, eradicate deadly infectious diseases, and lifting people out of poverty, among its other goals, the foundation’s statement said.
    Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 8 May 2025

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“Blip.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blip. Accessed 27 May. 2025.

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