zit
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Residents in Stockbridge have dubbed the structure an "enormous zit", blighting the views of the area's picturesque Georgian architecture.
From BBC ● Feb. 15, 2025
She informed her followers that it was covering a tumor that she previously believed was a zit that didn’t budge for seven months.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 1, 2023
This kind of technology is currently found on the shelves of Sephora, delivering everything from moisturizer to zit treatments into skin; vaccine patches for measles and the coronavirus are in development.
From Slate ● Oct. 6, 2022
At home, you change your child’s diaper, unclog the shower drain, empty your cat’s litter box, pop a zit, throw out the fuzzy leftovers in the fridge.
From New York Times ● Dec. 27, 2021
Round cheeks, big lips, and an angry zit on the side of my nose that resisted all attempts at eradication.
From "We Are the Ants" by Shaun David Hutchinson
"They never picked their noses or had bowel movements or zits," she said in the beginning of her story.
From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2025
Realistic class-focused drama shows teen life, zits and all.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 28, 2021
“Maskne,” for the pesky zits popping up under our masks.
From New York Times ● Dec. 24, 2020
The same evidence—his own movie—is enough to convince him that sugar causes acne, since he develops zits midway through his sugar binge.
From Slate ● Aug. 10, 2015
He was smaller than the other basketball boys, skinnier, with dark fuzz on his upper lip and a few pink zits on his forehead.
From "Maybe He Just Likes You" by Barbara Dee
