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birthmark

[burth-mahrk] / ˈbɜrθˌmɑrk /


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And while one hesitates to say “in spite of,” Ms. Naud has cultivated a healthy career in genre films with a very prominent nevus, or birthmark, under her right eye.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 9, 2025

He has the tender, shining eyes of an ingenue while Del Campo, who has a striking birthmark on her cheek, is a femme fatale able to hold her own against Wolff’s selfish, useless playboy.

From Los Angeles Times • May 8, 2025

He also has a birthmark on his left arm and hand.

From BBC • Oct. 22, 2023

In my shower in California, I scrub the soap against a rough white cotton washcloth and move the towel across every limb, every birthmark, every scar.

From Salon • Jul. 8, 2023

She asks me about more of the things I noticed when I was in her body, and I tell her about the birthmark, about different people I noticed in her classes, about her parents’ concern.

From "Every Day" by David Levithan




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