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Origin of blotchy
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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
Besides causing flu-like symptoms, including high fever and blotchy, red rash, measles can cause serious long-term damage to the body’s immune system, weakening its ability to fight new infections.
From Salon • Dec. 11, 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
Dengue can cause a fever, severe headache, pain behind the eyes, muscle and joint pain, and a blotchy rash.
From BBC • Feb. 6, 2024
It was red and blotchy, like she’d been crying for hours.
From "P.S. I Miss You" by Jen Petro-Roy
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