smudge
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One woman walked wordlessly through the neighborhood, wafting a smudge stick of burning sage.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 1, 2025
I got a few distant glimpses during the first few years I lived here, a gray-green smudge on the horizon.
From Slate • Oct. 16, 2024
But, against the odds, he found what he hoped for - a brown smudge on the white ice sheet.
From BBC • Sep. 27, 2024
Family members of the victims gathered Monday to smudge, a traditional practice for safety, well-being and healing, before the inquest began.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 15, 2024
Miig pointed with his chin to a dark smudge, only visible through the trees by the geometric slope against the slash of branch and leaf.
From "The Marrow Thieves" by Cherie Dimaline
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