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as in erases
to destroy all traces of
blotted out all evidence of tampering with the explosive device
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2
as in conceals
to keep secret or shut off from view
bushes blotted out the shed from our view
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The other serves as the president and CEO of Undue Medical Debt, the only nonprofit that acquires and erases medical debt for those most burdened.—
Allison Sesso,
STAT,
20 Feb. 2026 -
Food and drink The casual, open-plan kitchen erases the divide between Sussurro’s chefs and guests, inviting collaboration and conversation sparked by the display of fresh produce harvested straight from the on-site garden or sourced from organic farmers’ markets.—
Megan Spurrell,
Condé Nast Traveler,
10 Feb. 2026
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This is a message disguised as concrete poetry; the materiality of language conceals a cry for help.—
Daniel R. Quiles,
Artforum,
1 Mar. 2026
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From Callum Turner‘s cheekbones and Fanning’s wide eyes to Keough’s legs and Lukas Gage’s curls, beauty strikes at every turn, yet barely conceals the barbs and thorns such looks envelop here.—
David Opie,
IndieWire,
15 Feb. 2026
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These four novels create a convincing, wrenching, kaleidoscopic picture of the range and repetitions of the most fatal kind of love; the sort of love that allows nothing else to grow around it, that eradicates all dignity; a love which, in order to be completed, must be told.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
17 Feb. 2026
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The path to health involves aggressive treatment that eradicates the disease.—
Pedro A. Rojas Arroyo,
Boston Herald,
22 Jan. 2026
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Its sleek, portable design hides neatly behind your TV without blocking neighboring HDMI ports.—
Juhi Wadia,
PC Magazine,
6 Mar. 2026
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As the skin matures, pores become larger, but Laura Mercier’s Flawless Fusion Ulta-Longwear Concealer effectively hides them.—
Taryn Brooke,
Glamour,
6 Mar. 2026
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Instead, this measure abolishes them.—
Jon Coupal,
Oc Register,
31 Aug. 2025
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The Iranian parliament has just approved a law that abolishes prison sentences for those who had to leave Iran illegally.—
Zac Ntim,
Deadline,
11 Aug. 2025
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Again, this message gamifies violence and obscures the destructive toll of war.—
Casey Ryan Kelly,
The Conversation,
9 Mar. 2026
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During a lunar eclipse, Earth’s shadow obscures the moon; in a solar eclipse, the moon blocks the sun from view.—
Karen Garcia,
Los Angeles Times,
2 Mar. 2026
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Hinton, a Nobel Prize-winning computer scientist and a former Google executive, has warned in the past that there is a 10% to 20% chance that AI wipes out humans.—
Matt Egan,
CNN Money,
13 Aug. 2025
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That timeline could shrink if a massive fraud wipes out public confidence in the Internet.—
Dr. Diane Hamilton,
Forbes.com,
13 Aug. 2025
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The bank—which covers Minnesota, Montana, North and South Dakota, as well as parts of Wisconsin and Michigan—issued one of its periodic Beige Book reports on business and economic conditions on Wednesday.—
Jason Ma,
Fortune,
6 Mar. 2026
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Chris Ramirez covers courts for the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.—
Chris Ramirez,
jsonline.com,
6 Mar. 2026
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“Blots out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blots%20out. Accessed 10 Mar. 2026.
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