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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

Not on the tongue, nor in the clothes, nor among the transient social forms, refined or rude, which mottle the surface of human life.

From The Americanism of Washington by Henry Van Dyke

He cuts one open to show me the inside, mottled brown and floury.

From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026

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

Skaters say the structure—brutalist water-pumping limbs of mottled white concrete that rise out of the ground near the waterfront—is an icon.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 7, 2026

Both were clad in boiled leather and mottled cloaks of brown and green and black, with branches, leaves, and brush sewn about their heads and shoulders.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin

The piece titled “J2#1” involves an all-black oblong, about head-high, whose subtle mottling make it a dark counterpart to the all-white paintings of Robert Ryman.

From New York Times ● Jul. 5, 2023

Mr Johnson previously said there was no corresponding doctor's note mentioning "mottling" and claimed the nurse's note was "a complete fabrication".

From BBC ● Jun. 28, 2023

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

The artist also calls attention to his presence by mottling the pigment and scratching into it.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 9, 2021

There was no dark mottling or crater chains in the position of most of his canals.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan