mottled
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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
“So really, the story of this building and her gift, part of the energy for it was, where do you leave these legacies?” said Govan, looking at the paintings on the mottled gray concrete walls.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 17, 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
Her stockings have runs in them and her shoes are too large and the woolen panels of her dress are mottled with stains.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
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Of Mice and Men
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