1.   A government spokesman described the rise in inflation as a temporary blip.

2.   Again, we must focus on structural, ongoing deficits, rather than temporary blips that naturally accompany recessions.

3.   The tiny athlete believes her rare lapse in Tokyo was just a temporary blip in a career of major championship success.

4.   You will recognise them for no more or less than temporary blips on a radar screen of satisfaction.

5.   But advertisers think the audience age change at news networks is a temporary blip.

6.   But some investors, as well as insiders, apparently believed it was just a temporary blip.

7.   So is the economy experiencing a temporary downward blip that will soon fade?

8.   That could be a temporary blip or the start of a long decline, brokers said.

9.   The decline in oil and gas extraction is seen as a temporary blip.

10.   The spurt in labor costs in the first quarter, rather than being a temporary blip, was just the first of more to come, this argument goes.