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mottle

[mot-l] / ˈmɒt l /


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But many sites use something called “pepper mild mottle virus,” a virus that infects pepper plants.

From New York Times Jan. 10, 2024

On Jan. 2, nurses reported that the patient’s breathing was shallower, with her toes beginning to mottle as her heart stopped pumping blood that far down.

From Washington Times Feb. 3, 2023

Then there was the salt: sprinkled generously enough to mottle the fry’s golden skin and amplify the earthy flavors trapped inside.

From Washington Post Feb. 7, 2022

The online class from 12:30-2:15 p.m. will cover identification of blossom brown rot, bacterial canker, cherry mottle leaf, shothole, cherry bark tortrix and tent caterpillar.

From Seattle Times Jun. 4, 2021

He slipped off the after-hatch, and dragged up from the counter a venerable relic of a spinnaker, which was one vivid mottle of mildew.

From The Recipe for Diamonds by Hyne, Charles John Cutcliffe Wright

Soon enough, trees everywhere were showing blotchy, mottled, yellowed leaves and suffering from twig dieback and sparse foliage.

From Slate Apr. 20, 2026

Bartram's bass display a light golden color with dark brown blotches along their sides, a mottled belly, and fins with a rosy tint.

From Science Daily Mar. 23, 2026

In adults, symptoms can include but are not limited to slurred speech, extreme shivering or muscle pain, severe breathlessness and skin that is mottled or discoloured.

From BBC Feb. 20, 2026

The entire upper half of the canvas is an abstraction of mottled brushstrokes ranging from charcoal gray to a deep velvety black that surrounds the head like a heavy halo.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 29, 2025

“You make it sound so easy,” she said, catching an apricot-colored leaf in midair as Tony whacked the mottled white trunk of a birch tree.

From "Stella by Starlight" by Sharon M. Draper

Mr Johnson said there was no corresponding doctor's note for this examination of "mottling".

From BBC Jun. 22, 2023

On the morning of Jan. 3, the patient showed more signs of mottling and had instances of apnea where she stopped breathing.

From Washington Times Feb. 3, 2023

Its bark has this gorgeous, highly fashionable camouflage mottling to it.

From New York Times Feb. 8, 2022

The artist also calls attention to his presence by mottling the pigment and scratching into it.

From Washington Post Mar. 9, 2021

There was no dark mottling or crater chains in the position of most of his canals.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan




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