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as in cluster
a number of things considered as a unit
a clot of daisies occupied one corner of the flower bed
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as in moron
British
a stupid person
was of the opinion that most of the people running for parliament were clots
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as in to block
to prevent passage through by filling with something
phone lines clotted by Internet traffic
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as in to gel
to turn from a liquid into a substance resembling jelly
scabs form over cuts when your blood starts to clot
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Recent Examples of clot
Dr. Jonathan Reichental,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2026
Uskiwich suffered strokes on May 21 and May 22, requiring emergency surgery to remove a clot from her brain.
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Escher Walcott,
PEOPLE,
30 May 2026
Charlotte Observer,
12 May 2026
The parking lot was clotted with Porsches, Range Rovers, and a Ferrari.
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Kevin West,
Travel + Leisure,
8 May 2026
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Noun
In one particular approach called a mechanical thrombectomy, a device inserted into the body is used to suck out the clot.
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Dr. Jonathan Reichental,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2026
Uskiwich suffered strokes on May 21 and May 22, requiring emergency surgery to remove a clot from her brain.
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Escher Walcott,
PEOPLE,
30 May 2026
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It may be needed if a pet’s ability to clot blood is compromised.
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Charlotte Observer,
12 May 2026
The parking lot was clotted with Porsches, Range Rovers, and a Ferrari.
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Kevin West,
Travel + Leisure,
8 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for clot
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After dark on Thursday, Venus will be close to the Beehive Cluster — an open cluster of 100 stars — with binoculars allowing both to be seen in the same field of view.
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Families, friend groups and couples are huddled in clusters, scrolling on phones or taking pictures of the Italian restaurant’s red signage that boasts a history dating to 1956.
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Now the players were clumps of broken petals on grass.
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Mature clumps can be propagated by division in spring.
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Mantzoukas was willing to look like a maniac and a moron in equal measure.
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Lluís then calls Puig Antich a moron.
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The group sued to block the probe, alleging the agency was violating its First Amendment rights.
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Tierney got another look shortly thereafter that was blocked by Ounahi.
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Any apprehensions about whether a first-time collaboration between Hartford’s two largest self-producing theaters — Hartford Stage and TheaterWorks Hartford — could gel smoothly enough to grasp all the nuances of this challenging work are dispelled immediately by the opening number.
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Right wing had long been a problem position, with No 10s such as Xavi Simons often being forced wide to plug a hole, or orthodox wingers failing to gel with the uber-attacking full-back Denzel Dumfries.
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The North Shore Mosquito Abatement District announced Wednesday that a batch of mosquitoes collected Thursday, June 18, from a trap in Glenview tested positive for West Nile in the district's lab five days later.
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Today, now working with master distiller Hervé Grangeon, Vodkress remains a small-batch, craft spirit (only 7,000 liters are produced each year), available at select venues, such as the Surf Club in Miami and chef Bruno Verjus’s Parisian eatery, Table.
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Some politicians endorsed it as a move to stop corporate landlords from being able to outbid families, and buying up large chunks of local housing markets with cash offers.
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Foreman had infamously had chunks of his body cut and carved out before he was killed.
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My dad has always said the lottery is a tax on the stupid.
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The scale of the headloss was best summed up by Luis Suarez attempting to reason with Messi, before the Argentine did anything on the Suarez scale of stupid.
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“Clot.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clot. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.
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