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
The evening is lightly dappled with personal or informative patter.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 5, 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
Broad white hats in a dappled pattern hid their heads, and she realized that if they ducked down into the flowers, they would practically disappear.
From "Uglies" by Scott Westerfeld
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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