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
A semicircular bar draws eyes to the center of the wood-paved interior, whose large windows dapple the tables with sunlight.
From Washington Post • Oct. 7, 2022
In a majority-white area of Silver Lake — where median household income is more than $98,000 a year and mature trees dapple the hilly streets with shade — the surface temperature was 96.4 degrees.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 28, 2021
He sat a sorrel stallion, his standard-bearer a dapple grey.
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
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