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as in chunk
a small uneven mass
flicked a blob of jelly on the toast and began to spread it around
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'Sharktopus': Strange but close encounter
The encounter was strange beyond the fact that the orange blob looked rather like a bold fashion statement secured to the shark's head.
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Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA TODAY, 24 Mar. 2025
That day, all 100 set off at the same time from Columbus Circle, taking on the Central Park running loop together in one big blob.
—Melissa Dahl, Curbed, 15 May 2025
Are jellyfish-like blobs harmful to humans or pets?
—Hannah Poukish, Sacbee.com, 15 Apr. 2025
On the planet below, the white blobs are lightning, with city lights creating the different colored streaks.
—Tariq Malik, Space.com, 18 Mar. 2025
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Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA TODAY, 24 Mar. 2025
That day, all 100 set off at the same time from Columbus Circle, taking on the Central Park running loop together in one big blob.
—Melissa Dahl, Curbed, 15 May 2025
Are jellyfish-like blobs harmful to humans or pets?
—Hannah Poukish, Sacbee.com, 15 Apr. 2025
On the planet below, the white blobs are lightning, with city lights creating the different colored streaks.
—Tariq Malik, Space.com, 18 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for blob
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The sudden explosion, fueled by ignition of methane propellant, created a huge fireball, billowing clouds of smoke and brilliant arcs of flaming debris shooting out like burning chunks of lava in a volcanic eruption.—
William Harwood,
CBS News,
19 June 2025
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Retail sales, which comprise a sizable chunk of overall spending, dropped sharply last month as car purchases plummeted.—
Bryan Mena,
CNN Money,
18 June 2025
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One woman sunbathed along the shore, oblivious to globs at her feet.—
Ashley Miznazi,
Miami Herald,
9 May 2025
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Or do lawmakers and policymakers genuinely believe the United States can't defend its interests around the world without pouring globs of taxpayer money into a building that fails financial audits on an annual basis?—
Daniel R. DePetris,
MSNBC Newsweek,
7 May 2025
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That force was another deer lying half hidden in a sparse clump of evergreen scrub.—
Jim Carmichel,
Outdoor Life,
5 June 2025
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Probably the best time to divide daylily clumps is after flowering.—
Tom MacCubbin,
The Orlando Sentinel,
17 May 2025
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Throughout the middle passage, it has been said that our ancestors wove familiar items such as beads, shells, or even seeds and grains from home into their braids, to keep with them along their journeys.—
Essence,
Essence,
19 June 2025
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The brand sells products like hair beads, gel, shampoo and conditioner on Nunn’s website.—
Emily Krauser,
People.com,
16 June 2025
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Pondering hard questions about earning Rob Manfred’s hunk of metal is what many MLB teams’ top leaders do at this time of the year, what with the season nearly half done and both the All-Star break and the July 30 trade deadline looming.—
Tom Krasovic,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
18 June 2025
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The two both appeared in Francis Ford Coppola's adaptation of S.E. Hinton's The Outsiders, an early '80s hit featuring an avalanche of heartthrob hunks.—
Jordan Hoffman,
EW.com,
15 June 2025
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Could alien microbes frolic in lakes of boiling acid or frigid liquid methane, or float in water droplets in Venus’ upper atmosphere?—
Daniel Apai,
Space.com,
15 June 2025
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Vikings defensive coordinator Brian Flores and the team’s personnel department had identified him as a versatile player who would squeeze every droplet of potential out of his career.—
Alec Lewis,
New York Times,
19 May 2025
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His lab, the Kaplan Lab, is strewn with the substance, stacked with cases of silk cocoons and wads of silk from around the world, all awaiting their transformation into new forms.—
Amy Paturel,
Discover Magazine,
22 Apr. 2025
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When the victim initially resisted, the suspect kicked and punched him and forcibly grabbed a wad of cash from the vehicle, police said.—
Roni Jacobson,
New York Daily News,
5 June 2025
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Use drip irrigation or soaker hoses under the vegetables to irrigate the,m but leave nearby weeds without water.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
Southern Living,
22 June 2025
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Copley’s landscape design includes a dry creek bed, drip irrigation, blue fescue grass, and a variety of colorful plants like orange kangaroo paw, purple salvia, and red autumn sage.—
News Release,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
21 June 2025
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“Blob.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blob. Accessed 30 Jun. 2025.
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