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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
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
The temperature of the CMB varies ever so slightly across the sky, providing a blotchy snapshot of the universe at the moment neutral atoms formed, 380,000 years after the big bang.
From Science Magazine ● Oct. 31, 2023
Phil’s face was blotchy, a sure sign that he was upset.
From "Three Little Words: A Memoir" by Ashley Rhodes-Courter
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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