speck
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A new image captured on June 13, 2026, shows the rover as a tiny green speck against the Martian landscape, just one day before it officially reached the distance milestone.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 14, 2026
“New York State created a Law, for an instant speck of time, going back many decades, in order to wrongfully ‘nab’ me,” he wrote.
From Salon ● Jun. 29, 2026
The speck was at Scarborough Shoal, a much-contested reef in the South China Sea, a maritime thoroughfare for about a quarter of the world’s seaborne trade.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 23, 2026
"If there's a speck of dust in your eye, you just get rid of it, right?"
From BBC ● Dec. 20, 2025
Being up there, with the egg just a speck and the results unknown, was strange.
From "The Science of Breakable Things" by Tae Keller
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Rendered with atomic specks of red, blue and green that produce a darker purplish cast, its resonant effect is reinforced in the painted border Seurat added later, as he did to many of his seascapes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 28, 2026
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
Over time, specks of dust collide and stick together, forming rocky pebbles.
From Space Scoop ● Jul. 16, 2025
He saw the specks of Gulf clouds flame high in the air.
From "The Pearl" by John Steinbeck
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