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mote

noun as in speck

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But even he receives a mote of benediction, especially when he commits sins he can’t undo.

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That is said with nary a mote of sarcasm.

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These machines, which are a mere one-billionth of a meter in size, are no larger than a mote of dust, truly living up to the name "nano."

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It takes a hard heart to not feel a mote of empathy for Gosselin as she runs dead last in a short marathon to their barracks, ugly crying the entire time.

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Dust motes floated through the sunset-red light and disappeared into dark shadows like lost, lonely phantoms.

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