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flyspeck

[flahy-spek] / ˈflaɪˌspɛk /




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The 17-year-old best friends are neighbors in a flyspeck California town in the Mojave Desert.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 23, 2026

More procedural requirements mean more chances for a judge to flyspeck some aspect of rulemaking.

From Slate Jan. 10, 2023

The level of funding required would be a flyspeck in the military budget, not an endless boondoggle.

From Washington Times Apr. 9, 2018

Expect flyspeck scrutiny of agencies implementing the law.

From Washington Post Nov. 4, 2010

But to me his ambitions seemed futile, and the whole of Long Island less important than a flyspeck on the map of the world.

From The Lightning Conductor Discovers America by Williamson, C. N. (Charles Norris)




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