as in cocks
someone who boasts
although he's not the first person to blow his own horn, he's about the most obnoxious blower I've ever met
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Recent Examples of blowers
After an investigation that lasted months, fuelled by eight whistle-blowers on his own staff, the legislators concluded that Paxton had taken bribes from a real-estate developer, improperly fired aides who reported his conduct, and obstructed justice.
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Peter Slevin, New Yorker, 2 Mar. 2026
Providence has hired specialty industrial-strength snow blowers from Connecticut, and hopes to have a lane cleared on every city street by the end of the day, according to a city spokesman.
—Antonia Noori Farzan, The Providence Journal, 26 Feb. 2026
There are also different types of snow blowers within those categories.
—Christina Cush, Architectural Digest, 20 Feb. 2026
The drones fly autonomously alongside normal operations, adapting to airflow from blowers and door activity while continuing to capture inventory data.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 10 Feb. 2026
In the 3800 block of North Hamilton Avenue in Chicago's North Center neighborhood, residents armed with a couple of snow blowers and a lot of shovels cleared off the block before city crews arrived.
—Adam Harrington, CBS News, 2 Feb. 2026
Some snow blowers have electric-start engines.
—David Beaulieu, The Spruce, 1 Feb. 2026
Two months earlier, Grassley had sent Patel and Bondi a letter containing misconduct allegations against Giardina made by unnamed whistle-blowers.
—New York Times, 22 Jan. 2026
Have a back-up heat source that doesn’t require electricity should the power go out, or at least have a generator to operate the blowers within the gas heater.
—Neil Sperry, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 Jan. 2026
Peter Slevin, New Yorker, 2 Mar. 2026
Providence has hired specialty industrial-strength snow blowers from Connecticut, and hopes to have a lane cleared on every city street by the end of the day, according to a city spokesman.
—Antonia Noori Farzan, The Providence Journal, 26 Feb. 2026
There are also different types of snow blowers within those categories.
—Christina Cush, Architectural Digest, 20 Feb. 2026
The drones fly autonomously alongside normal operations, adapting to airflow from blowers and door activity while continuing to capture inventory data.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 10 Feb. 2026
In the 3800 block of North Hamilton Avenue in Chicago's North Center neighborhood, residents armed with a couple of snow blowers and a lot of shovels cleared off the block before city crews arrived.
—Adam Harrington, CBS News, 2 Feb. 2026
Some snow blowers have electric-start engines.
—David Beaulieu, The Spruce, 1 Feb. 2026
Two months earlier, Grassley had sent Patel and Bondi a letter containing misconduct allegations against Giardina made by unnamed whistle-blowers.
—New York Times, 22 Jan. 2026
Have a back-up heat source that doesn’t require electricity should the power go out, or at least have a generator to operate the blowers within the gas heater.
—Neil Sperry, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 Jan. 2026
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“Blowers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blowers. Accessed 19 Mar. 2026.
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