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freckle

[frek-uhl] / ˈfrɛk əl /


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I can feel the backs of my knees burn and I can see my otherwise monochrome shoulders freckle if I’m outside for a bit too long.

From Scientific American • Sep. 8, 2023

These Polynesian islands — a freckle, invisible on many maps — make up the world's fourth smallest nation, population around 12,000 and a land size of ten square miles.

From Salon • Dec. 3, 2022

Paris Tippett, 26, from Reading said she noticed a new freckle on her leg after prolonged sunbed use and was subsequently diagnosed with stage two melanoma.

From BBC • Jul. 3, 2022

At the Estadio Olimpico in Honduras last month, about two dozen American fans were tucked into one corner of the packed stadium, a freckle of red in a sea of blue.

From New York Times • Oct. 9, 2021

My mother says each time a bubble burst on my face, it made a freckle.

From "Fourth Grade Rats" by Jerry Spinelli