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Recent Examples of glob But, just like peanut butter—which is considered healthy for infants—Levinson says that cold, firm chunks or thick globs of butter may pose a choking hazard. Sarah Scott, Parents, 7 Mar. 2025 When thinking about mold in the home, the image of fuzzy green globs clinging to old bread may come to mind. 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 See All Example Sentences for glob
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Noun
  • The sudden explosion, fueled by ignition of methane propellant, created a huge fireball, billowing clouds of smoke and brilliant arcs of flaming debris shooting out like burning chunks of lava in a volcanic eruption.
    William Harwood, CBS News, 19 June 2025
  • Retail sales, which comprise a sizable chunk of overall spending, dropped sharply last month as car purchases plummeted.
    Bryan Mena, CNN Money, 18 June 2025
Noun
  • Throughout the middle passage, it has been said that our ancestors wove familiar items such as beads, shells, or even seeds and grains from home into their braids, to keep with them along their journeys.
    Essence, Essence, 19 June 2025
  • The brand sells products like hair beads, gel, shampoo and conditioner on Nunn’s website.
    Emily Krauser, People.com, 16 June 2025
Noun
  • That force was another deer lying half hidden in a sparse clump of evergreen scrub.
    Jim Carmichel, Outdoor Life, 5 June 2025
  • Probably the best time to divide daylily clumps is after flowering.
    Tom MacCubbin, The Orlando Sentinel, 17 May 2025
Noun
  • Could alien microbes frolic in lakes of boiling acid or frigid liquid methane, or float in water droplets in Venus’ upper atmosphere?
    Daniel Apai, Space.com, 15 June 2025
  • Vikings defensive coordinator Brian Flores and the team’s personnel department had identified him as a versatile player who would squeeze every droplet of potential out of his career.
    Alec Lewis, New York Times, 19 May 2025
Noun
  • That means, as Hercules, buoyant Brady is asked to present little beyond a sweet-natured, naive hunk celebrated for his gym membership and gleaming dentistry.
    David Benedict, Variety, 24 June 2025
  • Come here for breakfast, and tear off a hunk of a just-out-of-the-oven baguette, slather it with salted premium French butter, sip great coffee, and kick off your day.
    Shivani Vora, Forbes.com, 12 June 2025
Noun
  • Use drip irrigation or soaker hoses under the vegetables to irrigate the,m but leave nearby weeds without water.
    Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 22 June 2025
  • Copley’s landscape design includes a dry creek bed, drip irrigation, blue fescue grass, and a variety of colorful plants like orange kangaroo paw, purple salvia, and red autumn sage.
    News Release, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 June 2025
Noun
  • His lab, the Kaplan Lab, is strewn with the substance, stacked with cases of silk cocoons and wads of silk from around the world, all awaiting their transformation into new forms.
    Amy Paturel, Discover Magazine, 22 Apr. 2025
  • When the victim initially resisted, the suspect kicked and punched him and forcibly grabbed a wad of cash from the vehicle, police said.
    Roni Jacobson, New York Daily News, 5 June 2025
Noun
  • That can play an important role, but crime analysts say the reasons behind these drops are more complex and broader.
    Meg Anderson, NPR, 30 June 2025
  • Inspired by streetwear marketing that plays on exclusivity and hype, Absolute Merch’s full-scale merch strategies also feature merch drops and limited-edition designs that power community and revenue, often leading to merch trades among fans.
    Andrea Zarczynski, Forbes.com, 30 June 2025

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“Glob.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/glob. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.

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