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
Also quiet, if more dramatic, is “March Morning,” in which daybreak begins to dapple beads of light on a still-dark ocean.
From Washington Post • Jul. 15, 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
“That dapple mare is as steady a horse as any you could hope for. She’ll take you.”
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
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Much Ado About Nothing
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