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Dotted with details of her particular milieu — the ferryboat, the crepe shop, the rock show that leaves glitter in the eyelashes — “Monsters” is part memoir, part treatise and all treat.

From New York Times • Apr. 23, 2023

Dotted around the cemetery were aid organizations distributing ready-cooked meals.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 9, 2023

Dotted by willows and edged with wetlands, this was a traditional gathering place for the Duwamish, who called it Baba’kwob, or “the prairies.”

From Seattle Times • Jul. 7, 2022

Dotted lines = aircraft, curved lines = #startrails + there are about 25 meteors.

From BBC • Apr. 6, 2022

Dotted across the hillside were the remains of his digging efforts: stones and dirt cast aside in sloppy heaps.

From "Ruby Holler" by Sharon Creech