dappled
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We can just make out stripy ears in the dappled shade inside the Scottish wildcat enclosure.
From BBC • May 29, 2026
Filming in woods near Nara, and then in the Komyoji forest in Kyoto prefecture, Miyagawa created a latticework of sunlight with tree branches and leaves forming a living carpet of dappled shadows.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 17, 2025
It’s an ideal companion piece to the site-specific daybed Skelly made to best enjoy the view from the sunroom’s expansive windows, where dappled light filters through an outdoor screen of towering bamboo.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 27, 2024
This was classic couture — in sandstone tulle, sky-like lilac, blush cloud pink and dappled pastels — with arabesque motifs on golden foliage.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 24, 2024
Harry stared at the back of Firenze’s head, which was dappled silver in the moonlight.
From "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" by J.K. Rowling
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The Kite Runner
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"The Song of Wandering Aengus" by W.B. Yeats
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"The Song of Wandering Aengus" and "Sonnet 43," Vocabulary from the poems
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