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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

“New York State created a Law, for an instant speck of time, going back many decades, in order to wrongfully ‘nab’ me,” he wrote.

From Salon ● Jun. 29, 2026

But it serves as an unwitting rebuke to Chávez’s ultimate place in L.A. — a speck in a rich tapestry that was around before him and will exist long after.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 19, 2026

Sitting at the workbench in front of a small jet of flame, Vittorio’s son, Davide, shaped a speck of glass into a delicate snail to add to the store’s collection of glass flora and fauna.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 2, 2026

How he picked up a speck of dust and rolled it hard on his black tongue and dropped it into the sea.

From "Black Star, Bright Dawn" by Scott O'Dell

Jones said Dolgellau "has a history of gold mining" and very small specks of gold could be found among "a lot of gravel".

From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026

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

Actually, he arrived at Flushing Meadows with no hairdo — as in no hair at all, aside from some teeny, tiny specks on his head that come to a widow’s peak.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2025

Different-colored lights circled all around the room, specks of light traveling over the floor and walls and ceilings, and right over kids’ faces.

From "The Thing About Jellyfish" by Ali Benjamin