zit
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Residents in Stockbridge have dubbed the structure an "enormous zit", blighting the views of the area's picturesque Georgian architecture.
From BBC ● Feb. 15, 2025
She informed her followers that it was covering a tumor that she previously believed was a zit that didn’t budge for seven months.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 1, 2023
At home, you change your child’s diaper, unclog the shower drain, empty your cat’s litter box, pop a zit, throw out the fuzzy leftovers in the fridge.
From New York Times ● Dec. 27, 2021
Epidermisery: The zit you got on the day of the prom.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 15, 2019
After thirty minutes, when Mr. Grin still hadn’t come back, Alex had tried to reach the zit cream that Smithers had given him.
From "Stormbreaker" by Anthony Horowitz
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"They never picked their noses or had bowel movements or zits," she said in the beginning of her story.
From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2025
Anonymous: It’s like asking a genie to make us feel young again, and getting awkwardness, heartbreak and zits.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 25, 2022
“Maskne,” for the pesky zits popping up under our masks.
From New York Times ● Dec. 24, 2020
The same evidence—his own movie—is enough to convince him that sugar causes acne, since he develops zits midway through his sugar binge.
From Slate ● Aug. 10, 2015
Benji had wavy brown hair, braces, and zits and would probably grow a mustache before they were out of middle school.
From "Millionaires for the Month" by Stacey McAnulty
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