speck
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A new image captured on June 13, 2026, shows the rover as a tiny green speck against the Martian landscape, just one day before it officially reached the distance milestone.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 14, 2026
The speck was at Scarborough Shoal, a much-contested reef in the South China Sea, a maritime thoroughfare for about a quarter of the world’s seaborne trade.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 23, 2026
Surely, there has got to be some speck of humanity here, some microcosmic pocket of life detectable amid her robotic demeanor and Ratner’s styleless direction.
From Salon ● Feb. 1, 2026
"If there's a speck of dust in your eye, you just get rid of it, right?"
From BBC ● Dec. 20, 2025
Trying to stretch it out, give the tinker just enough to stay in the vicinity and not a speck more.
From "The Young Man and the Sea" by Rodman Philbrick
A bottle of Ice Age glacial water from the Czech mountains contains dazzling specks of 24‑carat gold.
From Barron's ● Jan. 29, 2026
Abandoning Ukrainians over the specks of sawdust in their eyes would be hypocritical and counter to our interests.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 2, 2025
We were just specks in the ocean, as tiny as a velella or an anchovy, part of a big, watery world.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2025
Over time, specks of dust collide and stick together, forming rocky pebbles.
From Space Scoop ● Jul. 16, 2025
“Jacob, look at that!” he cried, pointing to a cluster of airborne specks.
From "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children" by Ransom Riggs
