smudge
Example Sentences
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In truth, there have been enough fingerprints on UCLA’s resurgence to leave countless smudge marks.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 13, 2025
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
Until now, Dinkinesh’s only been ”an unresolved smudge in the best telescopes,” Southwest Research Institute’s Hal Levison, the lead scientist, said in a statement.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 1, 2023
When the team marked them with pink powder, the birds showed no inclination to inspect or touch the smudge in front of the mirror the way that Dr. Gallup’s chimps did.
From New York Times • Oct. 25, 2023
And then a smudge of green appeared on the horizon.
From "The Wild Robot" by Peter Brown
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