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Smudges of smoke from gunboats and ships on the Pearl River mix with a low-lying mist.

From Time Magazine Archive

Smudges on the horsehide as Carter plays hardball "You take the high road and we'll take the low road," is the advice a presidential candidate usually gets from his top aides and running mate.

From Time Magazine Archive

Smudges of orange cracker dust showed where his hands had been.

From "Caterpillar Summer" by Gillian McDunn

Smudges of green pine were burning and smoking on little artificial islands of stone near the lake shore, lighting up the trees on every side with a red glare.

From The Silent Bullet by Reeve, Arthur B. (Arthur Benjamin)

Smudges are often built to the windward of a house or barn-yard and the smoke from a good smoldering fire will keep a considerable area quite free from mosquitoes.

From Insects and Diseases A Popular Account of the Way in Which Insects may Spread or Cause some of our Common Diseases by Doane, Rennie Wilbur