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smudge

[smuhj] / smʌdʒ /
NOUN
dirt smear
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You can distort a timeline, smudge the facts, and leave others out to pursue one angle in favor of another, depending on your agenda.

From Slate • Oct. 13, 2025

In truth, there have been enough fingerprints on UCLA’s resurgence to leave countless smudge marks.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 13, 2025

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

From BBC • Sep. 27, 2024

Daccord tried to smudge on two clean lines of eye black, channeling Tom Brady.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 31, 2023

She had named him for the star-shaped black smudge on his white face, ignoring that he was a boy and “Zvezda” was a girl’s name.

From Anya and the Dragon by Sofiya Pasternack




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