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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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Recent Examples of blob
Unlike some recent soft robotic concepts that resemble blobs of slime or liquid droplets, the NTU design maintains a solid but flexible structure.
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New Atlas, 8 June 2026
Nilsson’s version shares little with its source beyond Adam and Eve themselves, here recast as doughy, beigy silhouettes striking poses amid an almost psychedelic soup of parti-color fronds, blobs, and amoebas.
—Jeremy Lybarger, Artforum, 2 June 2026
To tie the space together, the sink and floor tile match the painting's black blobs.
—Madeline Buiano, Martha Stewart, 25 May 2026
Two Rorschach blobs as tall as men—one dark, the other a bright copper and blue—cast lassos at each other.
—Walker Mimms, The New York Review of Books, 23 May 2026
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New Atlas, 8 June 2026
Nilsson’s version shares little with its source beyond Adam and Eve themselves, here recast as doughy, beigy silhouettes striking poses amid an almost psychedelic soup of parti-color fronds, blobs, and amoebas.
—Jeremy Lybarger, Artforum, 2 June 2026
To tie the space together, the sink and floor tile match the painting's black blobs.
—Madeline Buiano, Martha Stewart, 25 May 2026
Two Rorschach blobs as tall as men—one dark, the other a bright copper and blue—cast lassos at each other.
—Walker Mimms, The New York Review of Books, 23 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for blob
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And now, to MLB's chagrin, this uniform issue has bled over to a not-small chunk of the American public.—
Armando Salguero OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
16 June 2026
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None of they key players went in colder than Tudisco, whose deceptively warm performance as sometimes-mobster Mike Santini holds a large chunk of the show together.—
Christian Zilko,
IndieWire,
16 June 2026
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Throughout the week, nightstands tend to collect books, cups, charging cords, and the occasional water ring and glob of lotion residue, too.—
Jamie Cuccinelli,
Martha Stewart,
16 June 2026
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Instead of being rolled, the enchiladas are stacked with slivers of tortilla, then topped with the familiar glob of cheese.—
Bud Kennedy,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
9 June 2026
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Likewise, lacquer, varnish, and wood stains can deteriorate or form clumps when subjected to climate changes.—
Mary Cornetta,
Better Homes & Gardens,
7 June 2026
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Lungwort is a slow grower, forming dense clumps over time.—
Lauren David,
Southern Living,
4 June 2026
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Tiny silica beads about 10 microns in diameter are projected at the polymer at about 750 meters per second (over 1,600 miles per hour) with the amount of energy absorbed measured by calculating the change in particle velocity before and after the beads pass through.—
Shirl Leigh
June 10,
New Atlas,
10 June 2026
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Straight-back cornrows are a timeless protective style that can be customized with beads, accessories, creative partings, and varying braid sizes.—
Omenaa Boakye,
InStyle,
9 June 2026
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Junk is accumulating in space at a fantastic pace, millions of pieces orbit the Earth, from broken satellites to lost screws and tiny hunks of splintered paint.—
Maggie Koerth,
CNN Money,
8 Dec. 2025
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Ooh, who is this hunk sitting next to Rebecca (Kayla Wallace) on the private plane?—
William Earl,
Variety,
7 Dec. 2025
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Lindsay is eternally clocking in to do her job, to make sure that the sponge of this show has been so thoroughly wrung that there is not even a droplet of drama left inside.—
Brian Moylan,
Vulture,
10 June 2026
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Chemical structures Butter and margarine are emulsions, which are mixtures of tiny water droplets spread throughout a continuous fat matrix.—
Rosemary Trout,
The Conversation,
10 June 2026
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And Lamanna’s coauthor Jingmai O’Connor, vertebrate paleontologist and associate curator of fossil reptiles at Chicago’s Field Museum, also pointed out wads of bone found in the Changma Basin resemble pellets that owls regurgitate after feeding on prey.—
Ashley Strickland,
CNN Money,
4 June 2026
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Fidias spent years boosting his popularity with outrageous and occasional video posts of him spending wads of cash in Vietnam, living a week in an airport for free, and burying himself alive for 10 days.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
25 May 2026
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The Right Way to Water Your Vegetable Garden The best way to water a vegetable garden is with a soaker or drip hose.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
The Spruce,
9 June 2026
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Some craft workshops at the center are open to local children as well as to refugees, and, this winter, everyone got together to make drip-wax candles by hand.—
Jessi Jezewska Stevens,
New Yorker,
8 June 2026
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“Blob.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blob. Accessed 17 Jun. 2026.
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