smudged
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In response to the Palace disputing his account, Earl Spencer, who shares his first name with the King, said: "They've sort of smudged that one, haven't they? They've said that recollections may vary."
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
Either way, the onetime roommates and bandmates pioneered a discomfiting broken-doll aesthetic of smudged eyeliner, smeared lipstick and plastic barrettes clipped to hanks of bleached-out hair.
From Salon ● Jun. 12, 2026
"Intensity mapping is like viewing the same scene through a smudged plane window: you get a blurrier picture, but you capture all the light and not just the brightest spots."
From Science Daily ● Mar. 8, 2026
Can’t they be smudged in the developing process or ruined if you don’t rewind the roll just right?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 11, 2025
“So remember that. A lot of times those little facts get smudged out of the history books. If you gon’ tell a story, you better be sure you’re telling the right one.”
From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia
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