dappled
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It wasn’t all that long ago that restaurants and bars around the country were dappled in the glow of cigarettes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026
Over the past two years, Johnson has become a minority owner of multiple horses, including Sandman, a $1.2 million, dappled gray thoroughbred who competed in last year’s Derby.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 1, 2026
The special habitat's twisted branches, dappled light and moss-covered understorey once covered much of the country, but is now only found in isolated areas including the Woodland Trust's Coed Felenrhyd near Blaenau Ffestiniog, Gwynedd.
From BBC ● May 18, 2025
Sunlight dappled the graves under a towering magnolia tree during the flag-planting ceremony on Feb. 14.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 29, 2024
In the dappled sunlight filtering through the dark-green trees, Ammu watched Velutha lift her daughter effortlessly as though she was an inflatable child, made of air.
From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy
Vocabulary lists containing dappled
The Kite Runner
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"The Song of Wandering Aengus" by W.B. Yeats
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"The Song of Wandering Aengus" and "Sonnet 43," Vocabulary from the poems
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