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to a great degree
a blisteringly harsh review of the new musical
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Recent Examples of blisteringly
Both players were young, blisteringly quick and supremely talented and scored goals at a rate that exceeded what both Messi and Ronaldo had been capable of at similar ages.
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Tom Williams, New York Times, 22 Apr. 2026
Rue’s adventures as a drug mule are both horrifying and blisteringly funny, walking a tightrope that Levinson has always navigated expertly.
—Radhika Seth, Vogue, 9 Apr. 2026
Multiple cities in southern Nevada, meanwhile, may climb to 107 by later this week — blisteringly hot conditions for this early in the year.
—Denise Chow, NBC news, 16 Mar. 2026
But Kramer was outside the government, with friends dying, blisteringly aware of the ways in which the official instinct toward bureaucracy was dragging out a scientific process that needed to be moving at, to quote a more modern enterprise, warp speed.
—Talya Zax, The Atlantic, 21 Feb. 2026
Back then, the idea of holding winter sports in a country known more for blisteringly hot deserts than snowy peaks seemed absurd.
—Matthew Martin, semafor.com, 26 Jan. 2026
Despite challenges like blisteringly cold temperatures and ceaseless wind gusts, don’t be deterred—something fluffy effortlessly glamorizes winter dressing (and keeps us from freezing solid).
—Bianca Kratky, Glamour, 24 Nov. 2025
Unimore still seized the Fastest Lap Award, confirming that its algorithms were blisteringly quick.
—Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 21 Nov. 2025
Young is blisteringly self-aware of her own methods of self-sabotage.
—Thania Garcia, Variety, 19 Sep. 2025
Tom Williams, New York Times, 22 Apr. 2026
Rue’s adventures as a drug mule are both horrifying and blisteringly funny, walking a tightrope that Levinson has always navigated expertly.
—Radhika Seth, Vogue, 9 Apr. 2026
Multiple cities in southern Nevada, meanwhile, may climb to 107 by later this week — blisteringly hot conditions for this early in the year.
—Denise Chow, NBC news, 16 Mar. 2026
But Kramer was outside the government, with friends dying, blisteringly aware of the ways in which the official instinct toward bureaucracy was dragging out a scientific process that needed to be moving at, to quote a more modern enterprise, warp speed.
—Talya Zax, The Atlantic, 21 Feb. 2026
Back then, the idea of holding winter sports in a country known more for blisteringly hot deserts than snowy peaks seemed absurd.
—Matthew Martin, semafor.com, 26 Jan. 2026
Despite challenges like blisteringly cold temperatures and ceaseless wind gusts, don’t be deterred—something fluffy effortlessly glamorizes winter dressing (and keeps us from freezing solid).
—Bianca Kratky, Glamour, 24 Nov. 2025
Unimore still seized the Fastest Lap Award, confirming that its algorithms were blisteringly quick.
—Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 21 Nov. 2025
Young is blisteringly self-aware of her own methods of self-sabotage.
—Thania Garcia, Variety, 19 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for blisteringly
Adverb
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Maine, too, saw its COVID numbers increase dramatically despite extremely high vaccination uptake.—
Ian Miller OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
8 May 2026
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Even from my extremely suboptimal vantage point in the very front corner of the theater, I was awed by the depth and crispness of the 3D imagery.—
Angie Han,
HollywoodReporter,
7 May 2026
Adverb
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And yes, in 2026, rage coming from either side of the aisle is an incredibly powerful tool for marketing.—
Alison Foreman,
IndieWire,
28 Apr. 2026
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But there’s something incredibly unnatural about the fast attention of the internet.—
Charlie Harding,
Vulture,
28 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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Your co-parent is managing treatment, uncertainty and the very real fear of how this will affect his relationship with his daughter.—
Jann Blackstone,
Boston Herald,
10 May 2026
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The hearts and minds of Braves players were on Bobby Cox on a sunny evening at Dodger Stadium before the middle game of a three-game series against the Dodgers — a game that meant very little, considering the news of the day.—
Chad Bishop,
AJC.com,
10 May 2026
Adverb
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Not terribly hard, as he’s shown before.—
Luca Evans,
Denver Post,
10 May 2026
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Not so coincidentally, Tombaugh, who discovered Pluto in 1930, was from Kansas, so Isaacman’s answer to a senator from that state isn’t terribly unexpected.—
Phil Plait,
Scientific American,
8 May 2026
Adverb
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The current spiritual leader is Ayatollah Mahdi Mirbaqiri, a highly influential senior cleric who was once seen as a possible candidate for Supreme Leader.—
Mostafa Salem,
CNN Money,
9 May 2026
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Norovirus is a highly contagious virus that commonly causes vomiting and diarrhea and can spread quickly in close quarters, including cruise ships, according to the CDC.—
Nollaig O'Connor,
NBC news,
9 May 2026
Adverb
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After a lifetime of being told to stay quiet and smile, screaming your truths or slamming them out on a drum set feels damn good.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
4 May 2026
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Or damn near the entire overtime period, as Oettinger fended off shot after shot, the 11th one finally getting past as Matt Boldy won a puck battle in the corner, went straight to the top of the blue paint, and deflected in a Jared Spurgeon shot for the game-winner.—
Mark Lazerus,
New York Times,
26 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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And Bona, a second-year reserve, got caught too many times reaching in the cookie jar while defending Towns.—
Fiifi Frimpong,
New York Daily News,
7 May 2026
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His next three fixtures are great for many reasons, too.—
Abdul Rehman,
New York Times,
7 May 2026
Adverb
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But Cleveland State was, in fact, a damned good basketball team, as were most of the double-digit seed winners in NCAA Tournament history.—
Dana O’Neil,
CNN Money,
18 Mar. 2026
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And damned if Love isn’t willing to talk, sometimes candidly and other times in maddeningly vague terms, about all the hell she’s gone through to get to right now.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
28 Jan. 2026
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