birthmark
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“Is that red spot on his head a rash or a birthmark I didn’t notice?”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 13, 2026
They are asking the public to keep an eye out for the 5-foot-7 Asian male, who has black hair, black eyes, a birthmark on his left upper shoulder and weighs around 170 pounds.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 16, 2025
Amba, whose birthmark is one of a number of features of Sturge-Weber Syndrome, said finding self-acceptance was an ongoing journey.
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2024
In my shower in California, I scrub the soap against a rough white cotton washcloth and move the towel across every limb, every birthmark, every scar.
From Salon ● Jul. 8, 2023
"The mutual acquaintance from school that you were trying to remember? She didn't have a birthmark on her chin."
From "Girl in the Blue Coat" by Monica Hesse
Mutations in the skin, for example, occasionally resulted in unusual pigment patterns such as port-wine stain birthmarks.
From Science Magazine ● Aug. 15, 2023
Even among humans, identical twins can possess different birthmarks, wrinkles, or other features that arise during development sometimes due to differential gene expression.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022
There are my moles, birthmarks shaped like butter beans because my Mom said she used to crave them when she was pregnant with me.
From Salon ● Jan. 31, 2021
SoCal Connected “Assassin Bugs”; children with facial birthmarks and deformities receive a life-changing experience; hometown mission of Mending Kids.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2017
That's why, in Metalwork this morning, I focused on Mr. Murcot's birthmarks like my life depended on it.
From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell
