spatter
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“We don’t have photographs, site plans, measurements, the recovery of projectiles, blood spatter analysis, all of those things we would normally get at a crime scene.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 7, 2026
In the resulting enigmatic dreamscapes, muted purples, cornflower blues and soft ochres bloom and spatter and fleck in surprising, delicate ways.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 24, 2024
Mejia also said that he saw what appeared to be blood spatter on Grossman’s vehicle, but that he did not have the material analyzed.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 3, 2024
He also noted that the police had for months wrongly believed that blood spatter had been found on Mr. Murdaugh’s shirt, when, in fact, more rigorous tests taken later showed no blood.
From New York Times • Mar. 2, 2023
The light swept across the surface, making a spatter of ink- gold splotches before it stopped, abruptly.
From "The Secret Life of Bees" by Sue Monk Kidd
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Charlotte's Web
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