as in to overcome
to defeat by a large margin
the chess prodigy completely blew away the reigning world champion
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Recent Examples of blow away
The whole thing came very, very easily, and I was really blown away by it.
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Chris Willman, Variety, 9 Jan. 2026
For example, Schumacher said the average temperature in Fort Collins, Colorado, during December blew away the previous record and was equal to the average temperature for the month of March.
—Andrew Freedman, CNN Money, 9 Jan. 2026
But the total is said to have blown away last year’s number.
—Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Jan. 2026
Sources said Netflix execs were blown away by the book and were able to secure it thanks to their creative partnership with Berg and his Film 44, which recently reupped its longtime first-look deal with Netflix.
—Matt Grobar, Deadline, 7 Jan. 2026
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Chris Willman, Variety, 9 Jan. 2026
For example, Schumacher said the average temperature in Fort Collins, Colorado, during December blew away the previous record and was equal to the average temperature for the month of March.
—Andrew Freedman, CNN Money, 9 Jan. 2026
But the total is said to have blown away last year’s number.
—Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Jan. 2026
Sources said Netflix execs were blown away by the book and were able to secure it thanks to their creative partnership with Berg and his Film 44, which recently reupped its longtime first-look deal with Netflix.
—Matt Grobar, Deadline, 7 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for blow away
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Samsung says these structural improvements allow the HP5 to overcome traditional low-light limitations.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
10 Jan. 2026
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Vance’s second biggest battle is overcoming political history, which statistically does not favor incumbent vice presidents’ chances of winning the White House.—
Myra Adams,
Washington Post,
9 Jan. 2026
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And killing civilians could backfire, invalidating what the US is trying to achieve and handing Iran’s regime both a propaganda win and a rallying cry, especially to those citizens who may want reform, but equally have no desire to be bombed by the US once more.—
Brad Lendon,
CNN Money,
14 Jan. 2026
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The 165-year-old synagogue is the largest one in the state and was previously bombed by the Ku Klux Klan in the 1960s.—
Stephen Sorace,
FOXNews.com,
13 Jan. 2026
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Medieval Europeans moved to England consistently A press release by the University of Cambridge continued that researchers studied more than 700 chemical signatures from the teeth of people buried in England between AD 400 and 1100.—
Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
11 Jan. 2026
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He will be cremated, with his ashes buried next to his parents in Joliet, Osborne said.—
Mike Barnes,
HollywoodReporter,
10 Jan. 2026
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Uruguay — Now take the above scenario, but imagine Uruguay upsets its towering South American neighbor in the round of 32.—
Henry Bushnell,
New York Times,
7 Jan. 2026
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The Atlanta Falcons’ upset over the Los Angeles Rams in Week 17 changed everything.—
Scott Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
7 Jan. 2026
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Chargers blockers failed to solve a few stunts, The Patriots whipped them on straight-up rushes, too.—
Tom Krasovic,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
13 Jan. 2026
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Absinthe 1 egg white Add all ingredients to a cocktail shaker and shake briefly without ice to whip the egg.—
Jeremy Repanich,
Robb Report,
10 Jan. 2026
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When Bates was a student at Kent State University in Ohio, her roommate brought her along to a local party thrown by younger Amish people.—
Staff Author,
PEOPLE,
14 Jan. 2026
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Maiava passed for the most yards (3,711) out of any Big Ten Conference quarterback and threw the fifth-most touchdowns.—
Haley Sawyer,
Oc Register,
14 Jan. 2026
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The Cowboys have mastered the art of entertaining and interesting better than any sports franchise in the world, but there is a redundancy that to the person who spends a lot of their money on it is justifiably checked out.—
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
8 Jan. 2026
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At the sound level, our engineer is a guy who makes all the greatest dance music in the Latin world right now [Josh Gudwin is the records’ mixing engineer and Dale Becker mastering engineer].—
Leonor C. Suárez,
Rolling Stone,
8 Jan. 2026
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In the fall, the workers trade in their pruning shears for knives sharp enough to skin a deer in minutes.—
Craig Shoup,
Nashville Tennessean,
28 Nov. 2025
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All of them knew how to skin a deer.—
Jamie Thompson,
The Atlantic,
6 Nov. 2025
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