mottle
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But many sites use something called “pepper mild mottle virus,” a virus that infects pepper plants.
From New York Times ● Jan. 10, 2024
On Jan. 2, nurses reported that the patient’s breathing was shallower, with her toes beginning to mottle as her heart stopped pumping blood that far down.
From Washington Times ● Feb. 3, 2023
Then there was the salt: sprinkled generously enough to mottle the fry’s golden skin and amplify the earthy flavors trapped inside.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 7, 2022
The online class from 12:30-2:15 p.m. will cover identification of blossom brown rot, bacterial canker, cherry mottle leaf, shothole, cherry bark tortrix and tent caterpillar.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 4, 2021
Let God make His sunsets: I will mottle my little fading cloud.
From Annals of a Quiet Neighbourhood by MacDonald, George
Soon enough, trees everywhere were showing blotchy, mottled, yellowed leaves and suffering from twig dieback and sparse foliage.
From Slate ● Apr. 20, 2026
Bartram's bass display a light golden color with dark brown blotches along their sides, a mottled belly, and fins with a rosy tint.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 23, 2026
In adults, symptoms can include but are not limited to slurred speech, extreme shivering or muscle pain, severe breathlessness and skin that is mottled or discoloured.
From BBC ● Feb. 20, 2026
The entire upper half of the canvas is an abstraction of mottled brushstrokes ranging from charcoal gray to a deep velvety black that surrounds the head like a heavy halo.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 29, 2025
There, coiled comfortably on the second step, was a thick mottled specimen that Curly recognized as a cottonmouth water moccasin, common in southern Florida.
From "Hoot" by Carl Hiaasen
On the morning of Jan. 3, the patient showed more signs of mottling and had instances of apnea where she stopped breathing.
From Washington Times ● Feb. 3, 2023
She said he had mottling on his body, and his lips and his nails had turned blue.
From BBC ● Jun. 30, 2022
The artist also calls attention to his presence by mottling the pigment and scratching into it.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 9, 2021
We’ve had one batch of red beans and rice that did, unfortunately, leave the bottom with some permanent, faint mottling, but overall, after six months of vigorous testing, it’s held up excellently.
From Slate ● Sep. 23, 2020
There was no dark mottling or crater chains in the position of most of his canals.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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