speck
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As a character, Dalton’s only speck of depth comes from feeling ashamed about his temper, a rage that gets so hot it ruins his life.
From Salon ● May 27, 2026
Surely, there has got to be some speck of humanity here, some microcosmic pocket of life detectable amid her robotic demeanor and Ratner’s styleless direction.
From Salon ● Feb. 1, 2026
"If there's a speck of dust in your eye, you just get rid of it, right?"
From BBC ● Dec. 20, 2025
A speck of an island with a land area of 171 square miles, Curacao is 40 miles north of Venezuela.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 9, 2025
The Daylight Limited was a growing speck in the distance.
From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu
With the naked eye, they looked like sand-colored specks.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 1, 2026
A bottle of Ice Age glacial water from the Czech mountains contains dazzling specks of 24‑carat gold.
From Barron's ● Jan. 29, 2026
Abandoning Ukrainians over the specks of sawdust in their eyes would be hypocritical and counter to our interests.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 2, 2025
In Sydney's historic Rocks precinct, a cobblestoned alleyway has been transformed into a winter wonderland for two weeks of Christmas in July markets, complete with fake snow machines churning specks of foam onto passersby.
From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2025
They saw specks of huts clustered inside circles of thornbush, with cattle trails radiating from the huts.
From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston
