Word: oblivions
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Brown seized the momentum by claiming the decisive doubles point. Comprehensive 8-6 victories at No. 1 and No. 2 consigned Harvard’s doubles aspirations to oblivion; a slender 9-7 Bears win at No. 3 provided the final nail in the coffin...
...peers when you return in the fall, your job must meet a number of criteria. You can’t, say, work at Ben & Jerry’s. Unless it’s in the creative marketing strategies department. After a dispiriting bout of cover letters dispatched into internet oblivion, I contemplated applying to work on a cruise ship. But then I’d have to write a book about my experiences. Forget the demise of childhood. What happened to summer? Summer was supposed to be when you went to the beach and caught up on your reading...
There is a certain kind of person who takes pleasure in announcing that he doesn't own a TV. By doing so he implies that his personal life is so rich--so much richer than yours--that he doesn't have to entertain himself into oblivion every night, secretly fantasizing that he is the only man who could bring stability to Liz Lemon's turbulent romantic life on 30 Rock. I am such a person...
...sick of the generalizations about young people in the media. My friends and I don't spend our evenings causing havoc or drinking ourselves into oblivion. But the media's focus on youths who do makes some adults think we are all alike. On a bus not long ago I overheard other passengers saying young people are "no good." How can we have faith in ourselves if others don't? Rachel Scholes, Manchester, England...
Intuitively, the perils of texting while walking make sense. But George Branyan, pedestrian coordinator for the District of Columbia Department of Transportation, says that in most pedestrian accidents, neither text messaging nor iPod oblivion are major factors. "I am not seeing it in the crash data," Branyan says...