dapple

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So when the rain comes, it doesn't just dapple us with light sprinkles, it drops the heavier load of moisture that has been accumulating for a longer time.

From Salon • Mar. 22, 2023

Gleaming spots caused by methane ice clouds in the planet's atmosphere dapple its lower half.

From Scientific American • Dec. 20, 2022

By contrast, Domon Ken’s “Mr. and Mrs. Kotani: Survivors of the Atomic Bomb” from 1957 depicts parents and a chubby baby, smiling widely despite the scars that dapple Mr. Kotani’s face.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 3, 2019

Serendipity was “a dapple grey pony mare who unexpectedly came into our lives,” reads the room bio.

From Washington Post • Jan. 29, 2015

He remembered the cheers of the Sons of the Six all around him, whooping and tossing their spears high as the first hints of true, unfiltered sunlight began to dapple the ground before them.

From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray