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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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At every turn, President Donald Trump and his oligarchic allies, the real-life embodiment of Mr. Burns, are trying to blot out the sun by filling the skies with so much bull**** that no one knows what's what.
Consider Trump's alliance with the billionaire tech bro class.
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Kristan Hawkins, Newsweek, 6 Feb. 2025
However, New York corrections officials put a lockdown in place at its facilities for April 8, the day the eclipse will pass over a long stretch of North America, including New York, as the moon blots out the sun.
—Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 3 Apr. 2024
Video posted by the principal of Odyssey Charter School’s south campus in Altadena shows flames still smoldering in the buildings as smoke rises from the playground, blotting out the sky.
—Anna North, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
In private, though, his bitterness over the commission dispute was starting to blot out his faith in Seal Team Six.
—Brendan I. Koerner, WIRED, 13 Jan. 2025
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Kristan Hawkins, Newsweek, 6 Feb. 2025
However, New York corrections officials put a lockdown in place at its facilities for April 8, the day the eclipse will pass over a long stretch of North America, including New York, as the moon blots out the sun.
—Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 3 Apr. 2024
Video posted by the principal of Odyssey Charter School’s south campus in Altadena shows flames still smoldering in the buildings as smoke rises from the playground, blotting out the sky.
—Anna North, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
In private, though, his bitterness over the commission dispute was starting to blot out his faith in Seal Team Six.
—Brendan I. Koerner, WIRED, 13 Jan. 2025
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“Blot out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/blot%20out. Accessed 16 Feb. 2025.
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