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blowouts

noun

plural of blowout

as in events

a social gathering staged a huge blowout for Halloween

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Recent Examples of blowouts Then there’s a big dropoff in snaps to the young guys who have entered in blowouts, led by Mykah Newton (19) and Keyshawn Stancil (18). — Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 7 Oct. 2026 Stanton was active for the Wild Card Series sweep of Boston but didn’t get in the games, which both turned into blowouts. — ABC News, 3 Oct. 2026 Sure, there have been blowouts, but there have also been some fun games to enjoy. — David Troy Outkick, FOXNews.com, 2 Oct. 2026 Japanese straightening permanently restructures the hair, while Brazilian blowouts and keratin treatments are semipermanent coatings that wash out in roughly four months and still allow some wave or curl to hold. — Hanna Wickes, Sacbee.com, 1 Oct. 2026 Cindy Crawford’s impeccable blowouts even became one of her hallmarks. — María Diez, Glamour, 26 Sep. 2026 The line is bloated, an overreaction to the Jayden Daniels’ injury and last week’s blowouts. — Hank Gola, New York Daily News, 25 Sep. 2026 Those in the middle—think type 2 waves and type 3 curls—with thicker hair are the most likely to achieve the bouncy, shiny blowouts found all over Instagram (and Airsmooth marketing materials). — Eden Stuart, Allure, 22 Sep. 2026 Johnson has publicly stated his preference for points and blowouts. — Alec Lewis, New York Times, 16 Sep. 2026

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Harris has held campaign events in California, Nevada, and Georgia, starting her tour off in Michigan to stump with the progressive Democratic nominee for Michigan’s open Senate seat, Abdul el Sayed.

— Molly Parks, The Washington Examiner, 5 Oct. 2026
Flashbacks to recent events reveal that the townspeople never let Hal find peace, and even firebombed his home, only for a grown-up Noah — Kerry’s son, and Zoe’s grandson — to save him and regenerate his skin using Zoe’s covert alien tech.

— Siddhant Adlakha, Vulture, 5 Oct. 2026

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AccuPoint does not charge an application fee or accept compensation from firms or any other parties for inclusion on the Financial Advisor 100 list.

— Kelli Grant, CFP®,Riley de León, CNBC, 8 Oct. 2026
Daines and Merkley also want committee leaders to have a one-day fast-track for considering popular bills with strong committee support from both parties that would allow those bills to pass the Senate with a simple majority.

— Burgess Everett, semafor.com, 8 Oct. 2026

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More recently, over the summer, FunDimension was World Cup watch party central, hosting bashes for various matches with soccer stars including Paul Pogba in attendance.

— Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 1 Oct. 2026
While there was no official Vogue World after-party, leave it to the A-list stars to find where the best (and most glamorous) bashes were happening.

— Christian Allaire, Vogue, 23 Sep. 2026

Definition of bashes

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Wide Receiver ▪ After an unusually quiet game against Clemson (five catches, 40 yards), Malachi Toney enters the bye slotted fourth in the country in receiving yards (604), tied for sixth in TD catches (six) and seventh in receptions with 39.

— Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 6 Oct. 2026
He was targeted 14 times and gave up 11 receptions Sunday night.

— Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 6 Oct. 2026

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