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All the losing has smeared Belichick’s legacy and likely will end his long tenure in New England after two-plus decades of unprecedented success that was followed by two seasons of failure.

From Washington Times • Dec. 4, 2023

I don’t know the unspoken rule that you don’t touch your face when wearing makeup; by the time I meet my girlfriend an hour later, everything has smeared.

From The Guardian • Oct. 13, 2018

She went on to note that, in addition to preventing lint disasters, black napkins conceal whatever food or makeup a diner has smeared on them, allowing for “continued confident napkin use.”

From The New Yorker • Sep. 10, 2018

The doctors said he was not ill but his father still says Sultan has "smeared his honor" and must get "that nonsense" out of his head.

From Reuters • Nov. 2, 2014

Churlishness in his private life, and a rancorous hatred of everything royal in his public, are the two colors with which he has smeared all the canvas.

From The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to Prose, Vol. IV (of X)—Great Britain and Ireland II by Lodge, Henry Cabot