Example Sentences

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He had blanked the Pirates for the first four innings of Saturday, as well.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 10, 2024

Way earlier in the night, César Hernández led the push to squeeze three runs out of López, who had blanked the Nationals for six innings April 27.

From Washington Post • May 18, 2022

That they had blanked the most fearsome offense in the league was an added bonus, but Houston couldn’t gas up the team jet just yet.

From Slate • Jan. 12, 2020

The hosts had blanked Germany in their opening tie and will qualify for the Final Eight stage in Sydney as the Group F winner if Germany beat Greece in the evening session on Sunday.

From Reuters • Jan. 5, 2020

Later, when I came back together Julia told me that I had blanked out for about eighty-four-thousand miles—seventy minutes or so.

From "100 Sideways Miles" by Andrew Smith