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smudge

[smuhj] / smʌdʒ /
NOUN
dirt smear
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In truth, there have been enough fingerprints on UCLA’s resurgence to leave countless smudge marks.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 13, 2025

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

But, against the odds, he found what he hoped for - a brown smudge on the white ice sheet.

From BBC • Sep. 27, 2024

Family members of the victims gathered Monday to smudge, a traditional practice for safety, well-being and healing, before the inquest began.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 15, 2024

He leaves a smudge of snot on the canvas.

From "Blood on the River" by Elisa Carbone




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