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Soon enough, trees everywhere were showing blotchy, mottled, yellowed leaves and suffering from twig dieback and sparse foliage.
From Slate ● Apr. 20, 2026
This is followed within days by a distinctive blotchy rash, which usually starts on the face and spreads to the rest of the body.
From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2025
Thinning hair, blotchy skin, the swollen and deformed joints that come from severe arthritis.
From Salon ● Jan. 23, 2025
But the whale’s skin was blotchy, and if it were a right whale, something would have been wrong.
From New York Times ● Mar. 6, 2024
He was weeping—big ugly tears down a blotchy face.
From "The Girl Who Drank the Moon" by Kelly Barnhill
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It is on display beside the coronation oath, which she signed with what must be the blotchiest, most awkward signature of her long reign.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 25, 2013
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