smudge
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The 22-year-old now runs his own business scrubbing every sheet metal curve and interior corner of a vehicle until there isn’t a smudge or crumb left.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 30, 2026
While we followed the police, we could see the boat – a thin black smudge on a milky sea – to our left.
From BBC • Jun. 17, 2025
I saw Trevor around the gym for months — scattered tattoos and black tank top with a cute smudge of climbing chalk on their ears.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 25, 2024
I got a few distant glimpses during the first few years I lived here, a gray-green smudge on the horizon.
From Slate • Oct. 16, 2024
I hold up the photo and put my finger on the glass, leaving my fingerprint in a smudge.
From "Hurricane Child" by Kheryn Callender
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