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spotty

[spot-ee] / ˈspɒt i /


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His location has been spotty — or right down the middle, and as he showed and told Thursday: “I was throwing my fastball right in the middle. When you miss in the middle, you pay.”

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 14, 2026

"Simon measured the length of their fourth feather, which tells their age, and from the colour of their feathers, if they are spotty they are females and the non-spotty ones are males," she added.

From BBC Jul. 22, 2026

Many detention facilities reportedly suffer from overcrowding, unsanitary conditions, and spotty access to healthcare.

From Slate Jul. 8, 2026

Internet and phone service were spotty, and over such a long time even siblings can run out of things to say.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 25, 2026

Both sails luffed in the night breeze, which was still light and spotty because of the surrounding hills.

From "The Voyage Of The Frog" by Gary Paulsen

While alternative data on jobs was ubiquitous, price information was far spottier.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 12, 2025

The record is a little spottier when voters were asked directly to choose which specific candidate would better handle the economy.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 27, 2023

Tide gauges are much spottier in the north, leading to missed predictions of storm surges, Way says.

From Science Magazine Mar. 8, 2023

But the play of the veterans at guard and center has been spottier.

From Seattle Times Sep. 23, 2022

The officials who run the tournament have a spottier record when it comes to solidarity.

From New York Times Jan. 21, 2022

According to Moyn, Popper's critique of Hegel and Marx "relied on the spottiest possible knowledge of their works."

From Salon Sep. 17, 2023

Susan Shaffer, a volunteer in the Presidio's immigration room, found that most children being processed were accompanied by only the spottiest documentation.

From Time Magazine Archive




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