• For fans who hang on every pitch, teams losing their grip on a playoff spot seems to happen in slow motion.

• About a month ago, one of the cats developed a small bald spot on her head.

• At the same time, the volume of electronic communication is exploding, complicating efforts to spot misconduct.

• Plus, you're near interesting museums to visit if you happen to come early to stake out a spot.

• Wind turbines often also employ a transmission to gear the shaft speed up or down to the sweet spot.

• It is easier to spot a bear's tracks than to spot the bear.

• As the plants grow, you can bask in your own spot of sunshine.

• But for others, suppressing the hot spot once erased it forever.

• Exposed pipes run between the ceiling and floor, where a thin rug covers a large burn spot.

• Scientists spot a new disease roughly every four months.

• The researchers began looking at this particular spot in the sky because it already showed a strange feature.

• But a strong police presence in a supercritical hot spot doesn't provide a lasting solution.

• The victim, unaware of what is happening, becomes driven to climb to a high spot.

• Attract attention to a garden area by adding a spot of color.

• Forget about looping the block searching for a spot.

• But on the way in which natural selection works-for the individual or for the group-he was spot on.

• The gap between spot and contract prices has not gone away.

• Look under a chunk of plastic afloat in the ocean and you're likely to spot a fish or two.

• Then researchers spot something abnormal in your head.

• There is some inner ear bone that only exists in those two animals, and the genetics are spot on.

• Just with a squishy, tennis ball–size bald spot on her backside.

• Many of the latest car models include systems that alert you when a car is in your blind spot.

• Spot prawns are named for the distinctive white spots that adorn their shells.

• Ring of dust lies in the sweet spot for liquid water.

• The porches offer the perfect spot to savor a true neighborhood.

• Basically, a curved shiny building makes a hot spot.

• Pick a number to reveal a photograph of a mystery spot and the clues to its location.

• Hair care pros often spot possible skin cancers on the scalp.

• Effective against many plant diseases, including powdery mildew and black spot.

• Spot cleaners treat small areas of carpet as a stain remover.

• Astronomers spot earliest light signifying a star's doom.

• Instead, grab a spot on one of the side streets downtown.

• It is often easy to spot pollution from a factory or to see that trash dumped along a stream is causing pollution.

• Very interesting to watch if you can spot them among the greenery.

• Choose a spot where there is good air circulation, but avoid windy locations.

• Spot wildlife from a cozy windowside armchair or your deep soaking tub.

• Sooner or later every expert suffers from what is charitably described as a blind spot.

• He knows what spot this is: the birthplace of their country.

• If possible switch your camera to spot mode so that the center is weighted and you can control the exposure.

• Two new apps are trying to bring together those who are leaving a parking spot and those who are seeking one.

• It is not as if a prized spot is being held for your daugther to choose or not.

• But now home-ownership and health insurance freeze many of them to the spot.

• Mere seconds later, cloud cover returned, and the spot disappeared.

• On cool evenings, a backyard firepit is the perfect gathering spot for family and friends.

• Use a stud-finder to ensure that your perfect, glare-free spot has enough support and no hidden obstacles.

• With, sometimes, a little statement you write on the spot about what materials you want to use and.

• How galling then for the industry that the number-one spot in this week's chart was taken by.

• At the time the sky appeared to be mostly black other than the spot lights on the buildings opposite.

• The winner hurries back onto the beach, to his spot amidst the dozens of female seals in his harem.

• Once neglected, this spot has become the focal point of the neighborhood.

• How do you explain why you want to move, particularly to one specific spot in the country.

• In days gone by, the fish were netted and killed on the spot.

• Quickly put out the flame and look for the blackened spot inside the lid.

• Channel your favorite vacation spot in your garden with these dreamy design ideas.

• The best way for a young academic to earn a spot on the payroll at a museum is to begin as a volunteer or intern.

• Many emerging economies are in the sweet spot of a demographic.

• Here, the crime hot spot simply pops up in a nearby area.

• It's not easy because you must walk from one spot to another in total darkness.

• The best vacation spot is sometimes in your own backyard.

• We've parked our cars and committed details and landmarks to memory, only to draw a blank when it comes time to recall the spot.

• So a few branches on leaning tree fell into lazy daughter's parking spot.

• Spot prices, which guide the annual benchmark, have risen steadily.

• Hardcore palolo connoisseurs grab the wriggling green-and-blue worms and swallow them raw on the spot.

• See how researchers keep tabs on electrical activity inside the heads of the youngest young to spot developmental challenges.

• No he didnt the treasure is still out there he was looking in the wrong spot.

• It's no wonder that people can be so cranky when asked to find a spot for them.

• Spot and futures contracts are on offer, and options are emerging.

• Spot endless earthly wonders-from boiling sapphire pools to exploding geysers.

• Stare at the tiny, central black fixation spot on the white cross in a.

• It's the only spot in the world where they still howl in the wild.

• It has been a scenic spot for mainland and overseas tourists.

• They had to make decisions for themselves on the spot.

• But the team noted that they had observed an unusual big red spot on the star three years ago.

• To find abnormal tissue in mammograms, radiologists have increasingly relied on computers to spot the potential tumors.

• Many presses have relied on authors and readers to spot violations.

• Suddenly, a spot of red light sweeps across her body and.

• Addison-cap jammed down on his shaven head-would open the throttle and race for the spot.

• And so, at some point along the wobbly leg's arc, it has to hit a spot on which it can rest.

• She bought them on the spot and placed them in safekeeping.

• It's also a good spot for casting a line to try to nab one of the river's cutthroat, rainbow, or brown trout.

• Dark-clothed humans appear disgusted when they spot them from afar, and then, drawing.

• Others wait their turn to romp and roll on this favored spot.

• Look closely to spot two lakes in this colorized satellite image.

• And he saluted this spot on the monument, then picked up his briefcase and went off to work.

• After watering in one spot along the dripline, move.

• The ministries say they will continue to perform spot checks to close the holes in the system.

• He argues only that loopholes in derivatives accounting make it hard to spot dodgy deals.

• New telescopes could spot aliens on planets around distant stars, if they like.

• Grow it in rich, well-drained soil in a spot that gets full sun.

• Perhaps local officials are failing to spot the brightest entrepreneurs-those deft enough to avoid the bureaucrats.

• Also, insects and diseases were easier to spot on the lighter rice strains.

• All you need is a big container, potting soil, and a spot that gets six hours of sun.

• Parents expect more too-even a spot of cleaning while the children are at school.

• They did so by inserting pacemakerlike electrodes into a spot deep in the cortex known as area.

• The lawsuits charge them with either failing to spot the fraud or, in some cases, knowingly facilitating.

• Avoid overhead watering, which can cause flowers to spot or droop.

• It is a bright spot in the music industry's long, perilous journey to the digital world.

• In a more practical sense, it allows us to find the exact spot where samples were collected".

• It's also important to choose a spot for your vegetables protected from cold winds in spring and hot, dry winds in summer.

• The entire arrangement makes it easy for this bifocal fish to spot a tasty bug flying above the water, or a bit of algae below.

• The front patio serves as another spot for alfresco entertaining.

• Having a solid relationship or knowing you made the best decision in a bad spot cannot completely shield you from life's stresses.

• The mantel is a natural spot for owls of all sizes to perch among manzanita branches.

• But others watching the same tape easily spot the inconsistency.

• In the desert, protect from afternoon sun by planting them in a spot where they'll get filtered shade or an eastern exposure.

• He could not consciously see anything, not even a spot of light, shown to him in that region.

• Mirko gently pulls the excited dog from the spot and pushes through the soil with his fingers.

• One spot they chose was about as far from industrial activity and vegetation as anyone could get:.

• Thanks to fluorescent labels that help them to spot cancerous tissue, surgeons have removed ovarian tumor cells that might.

• Such monitoring may enable scientists to spot emerging infectious diseases early enough to prevent them from becoming pandemics.

• The economics of living in this spot were not favorable:.

• If only a thin sheet of the seeking material is in there, it would leave a dark spot in the image.

• Neural networks learn to spot patterns in known data sets, and can use these patterns to make predictions about other data.

• So it may be that the model doesn't have any data for a particular spot on the map and has to use interpolated data.

• Even though the ball travels farther with increased pitch speed, it's harder to adjust too and hit on the sweet spot.

• Honeymoon clichés notwithstanding, this is a don't-miss spot.

• Replacing the flat roof with a gabled one created space for the loft, which sits above the garage's remaining parking spot.

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