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A Finnish goal in the third period, though, proved to be decisive and left the finale without some of the shootout dramatics that had dotted elimination games in Beijing.

From New York Times • Feb. 19, 2022

In April in the staff tent at Donka Hospital, she unfolded a giant city map she had dotted with red, blue and green ink to track cases.

From New York Times • Dec. 29, 2014

For a week, brightly colored tents had dotted the festival grounds.

From Time Magazine Archive

There, after endless conferences with Army and civil authorities, pleading for space and equipment, he had dotted the United Kingdom with 75 Red Cross clubs.

From Time Magazine Archive

The Prophet drew from a breast pocket a sheet or two of notepaper, on which he had dotted down, in prophetic form, the events of the night before.

From The Prophet of Berkeley Square by Hichens, Robert Smythe