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as in chunk
a small uneven mass
found a glob of chewing gum under my theater seat
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Recent Examples of glob
When thinking about mold in the home, the image of fuzzy green globs clinging to old bread may come to mind.
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Bridget Reed Morawski, Architectural Digest, 14 Jan. 2025
At the end of the first song, a small red glob rained down from above.
—Joe Lynch, Billboard, 3 Sep. 2019
Besides plants and flowers, a dinosaur tail, a crab, a hell ant, a spider mom and her young, and a firefly have been found entombed in globs of tree resin.
—Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 27 Mar. 2025
Beelzebub, however, is nothing but evil incarnate, first appearing as a sort of metaphysical pollution—a writhing black oil-like glob suspended in midair.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 11 Mar. 2025
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Bridget Reed Morawski, Architectural Digest, 14 Jan. 2025
At the end of the first song, a small red glob rained down from above.
—Joe Lynch, Billboard, 3 Sep. 2019
Besides plants and flowers, a dinosaur tail, a crab, a hell ant, a spider mom and her young, and a firefly have been found entombed in globs of tree resin.
—Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 27 Mar. 2025
Beelzebub, however, is nothing but evil incarnate, first appearing as a sort of metaphysical pollution—a writhing black oil-like glob suspended in midair.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 11 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for glob
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The city will rope off the chunk of Wall Price Keller Road linking Wagon Court and Ray White Road between May 25 and August 12 for construction.—
Jaime Moore-Carrillo,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
14 May 2025
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The stones came from Volyn Gems, the country’s only gem mine, which is still managing to unearth and bring to market sizeable chunks of topaz, quartz and heliodor beryl, despite much of the mainly male workforce being called up to the army.—
Kate Matthams,
Forbes.com,
13 May 2025
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The texture is creamy, with tiny exfoliating beads.—
Justin Fenner,
Robb Report,
12 May 2025
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Anok Yai The A-list model wore a custom black corset shirt dress with 1.1 million bugle beads embroidered throughout the entire look in a crisscross pattern with exaggerated hip detailing.—
Chris Gardner,
HollywoodReporter,
6 May 2025
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The city of almost 52,000, carved into discontinuous clumps by unincorporated land, straddles the Denton-Collin county line. ▪ Anna, also in Collin, is a 30 minute drive east of Celina.—
Jaime Moore-Carrillo,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
15 May 2025
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The oversized brush grabs every lash for drama from root to tip, no clumps in sight.—
Allure Editors,
Allure,
13 May 2025
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Chen says clinical trials that evaluate droplets from many different patients will also be necessary to ensure the tests work with samples that have varying pH levels, white blood cell counts and fructose concentrations.—
Joanna Thompson,
Scientific American,
14 May 2025
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If someone infected with pertussis coughs or sneezes, tiny droplets are released that contain the bacteria.—
Katia Hetter,
CNN Money,
1 May 2025
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There’s nothing wrong with ogling a juicy rack of ribs or drooling over a hunk of brisket slowly smoking over hot coals.—
Katie Rife,
EW.com,
11 May 2025
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Some of them were things that predated the trail construction, including hunks of rebar, a concrete road barrier that apparently had been in the creek for many years, and an assortment of shopping carts.—
John Meyer,
Denver Post,
8 May 2025
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Equipped with steam rooms, saunas and a two-lane lap pool, this polished space is gearing up for WorldPride with IV drips, HydraFacials, and eye and lip perks all available before the parade begins on June 7th.—
Jared Ranahan,
Forbes.com,
19 May 2025
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In silvery grays and greens, with uneven salt drips and textured glazes that resemble the moon’s surface or, sometimes, an orange peel, Wilson wares are coveted both as objets d’art and for their extraordinary story of Black self-determination in the postwar South.—
Jacoba Urist,
Smithsonian Magazine,
15 May 2025
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With hordes of German and Japanese investors figuratively waving wads of marks and yen at anyone offering dollars, the value of the U.S. dollar set new records.—
Edward Lotterman,
Twin Cities,
27 Apr. 2025
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Obviously the Dodgers have set the standard in the last couple of offseasons, shelling out wads of deferred money to Shohei Ohtani and a wave of starting pitchers.—
Tony Blengino,
Forbes.com,
14 Apr. 2025
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Related Articles Overall sales were down 11 percent to $1.2 billion — which beat analyst expectations of a 12.4 percent drop.—
Jean E. Palmieri,
Footwear News,
13 May 2025
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The latest drop channels that same buzzworthy energy, but this time with a tropical twist.—
Lauren Thomann,
Better Homes & Gardens,
12 May 2025
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“Glob.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/glob. Accessed 24 May. 2025.
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