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bead, blob, driblet, drip, drop, droplet, glob
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The set by George Tsypin is an ever-present collection of plastic globules of various sizes and shapes, the biggest ones becoming the man-eating monster. — Los Angeles Times, "Commentary: How two top directors are teaching Europe the L.A. School of Opera," 23 Aug. 2019 The origins of this illness are often mysterious, but in its typical form the spaces where young blood cells are supposed to be formed gradually fill up with globules of white fat. — Siddhartha Mukherjee, The New Yorker, "The Promise and Price of Cellular Therapies," 15 July 2019 Milk contains both fat globules and tiny capsules of protein, and both play a role in the type of foam produced. — Helen Czerski, WSJ, "The Magic Microbubbles of the Barista," 6 Sep. 2018 Monumentally weird, aggressively perverse, and not infrequently nauseating, Ballard’s most infamous novel is a raw tapestry of mucous membranes and mucilage, gristle and gore and globules of semen. — Becca Rothfeld, The New Republic, "J.G. Ballard’s Eerily Accurate Dystopias," 14 Mar. 2018 The Japanese Coast Guard has announced that black globules had been found on at least nine islands along the chain between Okinawa and the main Japanese islands. — Steven Lee Myers And Javier C. HernÁndez, New York Times, "A Nearly Invisible Oil Spill Threatens Some of Asia’s Richest Fisheries," 12 Feb. 2018 In a large mixing bowl, combine all ingredients by hand, making sure to squeeze the mixture through fingers to blend and bond, especially the bread, which tends to form little globules. — San Antonio Express-News, "Recipe: Timpano-perfect Mini Meatballs," 16 Jan. 2018 The origins of this illness are often mysterious, but in its typical form the spaces where young blood cells are supposed to be formed gradually fill up with globules of white fat. — Siddhartha Mukherjee, The New Yorker, "The Promise and Price of Cellular Therapies," 15 July 2019 Vesicles are microscopic globules within cells that contain tiny bits of biological material. — Gretchen Reynolds, New York Times, "The Mysterious Interior World of Exercise," 24 Jan. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'globule.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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