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The eeriest costume this Halloween season would be Aunt Gladys, with her odd copper wig, oversized sunglasses, blue eyeshadow, and smeary red lipstick.
From Slate • Oct. 31, 2025
Alongside Carti on their collaborations “Timeless” and “Rather Lie,” Tesfaye grounded his pal’s smeary Atlanta noise with evilly pretty melody.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 26, 2025
The 4-megapixel UDC still looks fairly smeary, and I’d only use it as a last resort.
From The Verge • Aug. 17, 2022
The same national shape appears in this show, constructed not of wooden pieces but of smeary, overlapping graphite gestures.
From Washington Post • Jul. 8, 2022
Not just because she says so, but because the writing goes all smeary and the paper crinkles.
From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein
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