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blotted out all evidence of tampering with the explosive device
bushes blotted out the shed from our view
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Alternatively, some of you are using coping mechanisms — not reading the paper or listening to the news, or giving up on politics, or relying on music or poetry or the beauty of nature to blot out what is occurring.
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Robert B. Reich, Hartford Courant, 26 Nov. 2024
In a later bid to blot out those memories, the Yankees leveled that stadium and built another one across the street.
—Christopher Reynolds, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2024
When a team wins Game 7 of the World Series, those final moments tend to blot out everything that came before it.
—Andrew Baggarly, The Athletic, 9 Aug. 2024
The legendary Eartha Kitt would be the voice of a villainous sorceress determined to blot out the sun.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 26 July 2024
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Robert B. Reich, Hartford Courant, 26 Nov. 2024
In a later bid to blot out those memories, the Yankees leveled that stadium and built another one across the street.
—Christopher Reynolds, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2024
When a team wins Game 7 of the World Series, those final moments tend to blot out everything that came before it.
—Andrew Baggarly, The Athletic, 9 Aug. 2024
The legendary Eartha Kitt would be the voice of a villainous sorceress determined to blot out the sun.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 26 July 2024
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“Blot out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/blot%20out. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.
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