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as in chunks
a small uneven mass
flicked a blob of jelly on the toast and began to spread it around
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Recent Examples of blobs
The banana-loving blobs have already been trotted out to advertise the Games, appearing in a spot with Team USA snowboarding gold medalist Chloe Kim.
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Scottie Andrew, CNN Money, 3 Feb. 2026
This airbrush design on a long square nail comprises a mix of French-tip auras, clear blobs, and 3D florals for a fun and funky design.
—Kara Jillian Brown, InStyle, 20 Jan. 2026
The torn magnetic fields quickly reconnected, forming giant loops, some of which continued traveling outward while others retracted back toward the sun, dragging blobs of solar material along in a process known as inflows.
—Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 16 Dec. 2025
To a lay person, the pixel-ly blobs in shades of orange may not look too impressive.
—Keith Matheny, Freep.com, 11 Dec. 2025
Tree silhouettes turn Seussian as their branches and canopies disappear into wonky green blobs.
—Sophie Hartley, IndyStar, 10 Dec. 2025
How to Remove Stains From Clothes Act Promptly When stains happen, use a spoon, dull knife, or the edge of a credit card to lift away any semi-liquid blobs or solids.
—Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 24 Nov. 2025
Such activity, also known as space weather events, can include eruptions of high-energy light called solar flares, as well as coronal mass ejections, which are giant blobs of solar plasma and magnetic field blasted into space.
—Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 19 Nov. 2025
This phenomenon involves cooler, heavier blobs of plasma that condense high above the Sun's surface and then plunge back down.
—Pranjal Malewar, New Atlas, 27 Oct. 2025
Scottie Andrew, CNN Money, 3 Feb. 2026
This airbrush design on a long square nail comprises a mix of French-tip auras, clear blobs, and 3D florals for a fun and funky design.
—Kara Jillian Brown, InStyle, 20 Jan. 2026
The torn magnetic fields quickly reconnected, forming giant loops, some of which continued traveling outward while others retracted back toward the sun, dragging blobs of solar material along in a process known as inflows.
—Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 16 Dec. 2025
To a lay person, the pixel-ly blobs in shades of orange may not look too impressive.
—Keith Matheny, Freep.com, 11 Dec. 2025
Tree silhouettes turn Seussian as their branches and canopies disappear into wonky green blobs.
—Sophie Hartley, IndyStar, 10 Dec. 2025
How to Remove Stains From Clothes Act Promptly When stains happen, use a spoon, dull knife, or the edge of a credit card to lift away any semi-liquid blobs or solids.
—Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 24 Nov. 2025
Such activity, also known as space weather events, can include eruptions of high-energy light called solar flares, as well as coronal mass ejections, which are giant blobs of solar plasma and magnetic field blasted into space.
—Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 19 Nov. 2025
This phenomenon involves cooler, heavier blobs of plasma that condense high above the Sun's surface and then plunge back down.
—Pranjal Malewar, New Atlas, 27 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for blobs
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Other companies, including Amazon, Meta, and Pinterest — all of which have made major investments in AI — have recently announced plans to cut significant chunks of their workforce, indicating even more troubling days ahead.—
Victor Tangermann,
Futurism,
5 Feb. 2026
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Indeed, some emergency routes have huge mountains of snowy ice chunks obstructing more than one lane of the road because the snowplows could not move the snow to the side of the road due to all of the bike lane obstacles .—
Reader Commentary,
Baltimore Sun,
4 Feb. 2026
Noun
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However, the belt section is also a treasure trove for designs made of shell, fabric, beads, or chain.—
Jennifer Prince,
Southern Living,
8 Feb. 2026
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Save your rosary beads — and your sanity — for whenever Sweden comes on the TV.—
Sean Keeler,
Denver Post,
7 Feb. 2026
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Manscaped’s ‘Hair Ballad’ Several ads trafficked in revulsion as an attention-getter, none more so than this one for a body shaver featuring various clumps of removed body hair singing with their little hairy mouths.—
Omar L. Gallaga,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Feb. 2026
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Prevent Blocked Drainage Holes One of Martha's favorite ways to repurpose broken terracotta pots is by placing them in the bottom of her planters to keep drainage holes clear of clumps of dirt or vegetation.—
Michelle Mastro,
Martha Stewart,
6 Feb. 2026
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Inspired by both pre-Columbian cultures and modern scientific theories, Jensen made energetic diagrams of shapes, symbols, and numbers in loud complementary colors, using thick globs of paint; the results generate a fascinating friction.—
Brian Seibert,
New Yorker,
6 Feb. 2026
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Use those wads of wrapping paper leftover from a birthday, baby shower, or holiday bash to stuff the bottom and sides of the box and prevent shifting during shipping.—
Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
25 Dec. 2025
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Hanging ornaments with care can be one of the highlights of the holiday season, but untangling wads of string lights is far less enjoyable.—
Maggie Horton,
PEOPLE,
22 Oct. 2025
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It can also be spread through direct contact with infectious droplets.—
Dean Fioresi,
CBS News,
8 Feb. 2026
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While scientists have long observed this liquid-to-solid transformation, the exact molecular link that converts these fluid droplets into a high-performance final structure has remained a mystery until now.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
6 Feb. 2026
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Luxury elective care treatments — from red light therapy to IV drips and cosmetic skin procedures — take center stage before the company touts its own diagnostic testing.—
Sarah Whitten,Sara Salinas,Sarah Jackson,Leslie Josephs,
CNBC,
8 Feb. 2026
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Keep Your Feeder in Good Repair Any cracks or leaks in your hummingbird feeder can allow drips of sugary nectar to drip down and attract ants.—
Peg Aloi,
The Spruce,
7 Feb. 2026
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Caglianone took his lumps — most noticeably charted by his chase rate outside the strike zone — in short order.—
Jaylon Thompson,
Kansas City Star,
7 Feb. 2026
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One easy trick can turn those misshapen lumps with scraggly edges into gorgeous, bakery-worthy treats.—
Alana Al-Hatlani,
Southern Living,
6 Feb. 2026
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“Blobs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blobs. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.
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