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as in to eradicate
to destroy all traces of
blotted out all evidence of tampering with the explosive device
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as in to hide
to keep secret or shut off from view
bushes blotted out the shed from our view
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Recent Examples of blot out
Vanessa Van Helsing wakes up from a coma to discover that a volcanic eruption has blotted out the sun, letting vampires prey 24/7.
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K. Thor Jensen,
PC Magazine,
27 Mar. 2026
From up in the space shuttle, in 1983, astronaut Sally Ride could see the pollution blotting out her Los Angeles hometown.
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Patt Morrison,
Los Angeles Times,
26 Mar. 2026
Is the army coming, blotting out the sun?
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Nina Corcoran,
Pitchfork,
23 Mar. 2026
In the story, sunlight reaching Earth begins to weaken as Astrophage, a type of mysterious microorganism that travels through space and lives on or near the surface of stars, begins to blot out a significant amount of light from the Sun.
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Encyclopedia Britannica,
23 Mar. 2026
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K. Thor Jensen,
PC Magazine,
27 Mar. 2026
From up in the space shuttle, in 1983, astronaut Sally Ride could see the pollution blotting out her Los Angeles hometown.
—
Patt Morrison,
Los Angeles Times,
26 Mar. 2026
Is the army coming, blotting out the sun?
—
Nina Corcoran,
Pitchfork,
23 Mar. 2026
In the story, sunlight reaching Earth begins to weaken as Astrophage, a type of mysterious microorganism that travels through space and lives on or near the surface of stars, begins to blot out a significant amount of light from the Sun.
—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
23 Mar. 2026
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In 1980, smallpox became the first human disease ever eradicated worldwide.
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The rare partnership is giving the tribe an opportunity to introduce its language, history, culture that the federal government once tried to eradicate to soccer fans around the world.
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For loungability there’s a king bed, a hide-a-bed sofa, a fireplace and theater seats.
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When Fluffy failed to come out of hiding after 24 hours, Melissa Kirby and her husband began making and posting missing cat posters around their neighborhood.
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By the time the boundary issues were partially corrected in the 1960s, both the cemetery and the surrounding Black community had been largely erased from public memory.
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Still, state environmental officials and weather experts say the rainfall deficits dating back to last fall have not been completely erased.
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The two allegedly stole incoming cash and concealed the thefts by generating checks and forging the court clerk’s signature.
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But an airline passenger in Indianapolis was caught using a peanut butter jar to conceal something altogether more concerning.
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The other reconstruction amendments abolished slavery and expanded voting rights.
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Trump and his supporters have repeatedly pushed Senate leaders to abolish the filibuster to pass the election bill, but there's also insufficient support to drastically change the chamber's procedures.
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The irony is a bit hard to ignore — the very environment being modified to protect or maintain beaches was simultaneously obscuring the ecological processes happening just offshore.
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And what’s a novelist but a fence, furnishing imaginary scenes with choice pieces of reality while obscuring their provenance?
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The two once presented a live demo minutes after a computer cloud crash wiped out their materials, winning anyway after Andreou pitched the product entirely from memory.
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Widespread flooding across Kentucky has left at least four dead Saturday, prompting dozens of rescues after heavy rains wiped out bridges, inundated roads and flooded homes, with more significant rainfall on the way.
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Witnesses expressed shock over the incident, with one man arriving to his Walmart to shop and finding the parking lot covered in crime scene tape.
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The technology has drawn public controversy since Detroit first signed a contract covering certain police precincts in 2020, and again in late 2022.
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