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[spot] / spɒt /








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Her production company, Paper Kite, continues to nurture work by younger artists, with a soft spot for ride-or-die female friends.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026

Smith has avoided batting in Labuschagne's position before, and a four-Test trial of Green in that spot in 2024 and 2025 was aborted after he returned 188 across eight innings.

From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2026

Google Cloud stood out as a bright spot, growing 103% from the same period a year earlier to reach $30.71 billion in revenue and blowing past the $28.8 billion expected by Wall Street analysts.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 28, 2026

Under these conditions, fluorescence could create small green and cyan highlights against the salamanders' yellow markings, potentially making them easier for other salamanders to spot.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 28, 2026

The dough he had been poorly flattening to that point tore at a thin spot, splitting in half before it fell between the grates of the stovetop—straight onto the open flame.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith

The course is called Humanities 10 and it drew 180 applicants for just 90 spots this fall.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026

When it comes to dining, I would argue that many spots that have a heavy influencer presence are not worth it.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 28, 2026

Some within the sport argue Williams is taking spots from younger players trying to develop their careers, but tournament organisers see the commercial value of inviting an all-time great.

From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2026

He has promised to resolve Brazil's crime woes, create 500,000 more spots in prisons and slash government spending.

From Barron's ● Oct. 24, 2026

More concerningly, they would’ve seen that new spots of heat were coming almost exclusively from around the bulge.

From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone

Locals have spotted him walking from his office to a mosque for Friday prayers in Lagos.

From Barron's ● Oct. 27, 2026

The team spotted unusually large, whitish reproductive structures, known as 'stromata', growing from the woody roots of Chinese cork oak trees.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 26, 2026

This caravan, wrecked by the storm, was spotted at Aberdeen beach.

From BBC ● Oct. 25, 2026

The team first spotted ace driver Kimi Antonelli as an 11-year-old in go-karts.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 25, 2026

Muc the pig in her corner pen snorted when she spotted the dog, and Patch dived into the straw of his bed.

From "Nory Ryan’s Song" by Patricia Reilly Giff

Experiencing hours-long delays and diversions out of Aspen’s airport is as much a part of the local experience as spotting bears during hikes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

The hoofed Highlanders have been embraced as an unofficial mascot on campus, with Reddit threads dedicated to donkey spotting and burro plushies for sale in the campus store.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026

"Claudiapatra!" gasped model and actress Jerry Hall - spotting similarities in both grandeur and hairstyles between Claudia and Cleopatra, the Egyptian queen.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

He said a fellow villager had alerted police in the middle of the night after spotting the vans.

From Barron's ● Sep. 27, 2026

Writers acquire their technique by spotting, savoring, and reverse-engineering examples of good prose.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker


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