smudge
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You can distort a timeline, smudge the facts, and leave others out to pursue one angle in favor of another, depending on your agenda.
From Slate • Oct. 13, 2025
I saw Trevor around the gym for months — scattered tattoos and black tank top with a cute smudge of climbing chalk on their ears.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 25, 2024
But, against the odds, he found what he hoped for - a brown smudge on the white ice sheet.
From BBC • Sep. 27, 2024
Daccord tried to smudge on two clean lines of eye black, channeling Tom Brady.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 31, 2023
Each time that happened, there was a greasy face print and a smudge of slobber left on the glass.
From "The Journey of Little Charlie" by Christopher Paul Curtis
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