birthmark
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And while one hesitates to say “in spite of,” Ms. Naud has cultivated a healthy career in genre films with a very prominent nevus, or birthmark, under her right eye.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 9, 2025
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
"He is of slim build, around 5ft 6in tall and had short grey hair, with a birthmark on the right side of his mouth."
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2023
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
On his left thumb, a birthmark smattering of freckles in the shape of a constellation dots across his wrinkled left thumb.
From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera
Laura said she became increasingly self-conscious and started using makeup to hide her birthmarks, eventually covering herself from head to toe.
From BBC ● Aug. 23, 2026
Mutations in the skin, for example, occasionally resulted in unusual pigment patterns such as port-wine stain birthmarks.
From Science Magazine ● Aug. 15, 2023
The finalists are examined by the priest’s wife for scars, birthmarks and other perceived defects.
From New York Times ● Jul. 15, 2022
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
They have identical birthmarks, diminutive caramel crescents over their left eyelids, and their braids hang in duplicate ropes down their backs.
From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García
