Example Sentences

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Against that backdrop, shares of Wingstop were down 4.8% on Wednesday, after occasional positive-territory blips earlier in the day.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 29, 2026

"Once we understood this, the blips in dimming stopped being weird little mysteries and became a space weather station," Bouma exclaimed.

From Science Daily • Mar. 27, 2026

“Nonetheless, the moves are essentially blips compared to the massive valuation gap that has developed over the past five years.”

From Barron's • Jan. 9, 2026

EDF is now trying out a different tune: a battery-powered mobile fish disco that can be lowered from a ship in lobster pots and fire out high-frequency blips.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 12, 2025

It was an odd and familiar sound—Joe Castiglione’s voice and the crack of the bat, layered with occasional farty blips and cryptic messages between cops and dispatchers.

From "The Line Tender" by Kate Allen