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Recent Examples of checker The technology has long been quietly embedded in daily lives, in tools such as spell checkers and spam filters. Yasmin Green, Foreign Affairs, 7 July 2025 That is what work looks like when it is deeply felt, when the audience’s concerns become ours, passed by bucket brigade from the subjects of our stories, to correspondence, to producers, to editors, fact checkers and writers. Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 3 July 2025 The red and white checkered patterned was reminiscent of the color scheme from one of Wimbledon’s most popular treats — strawberries and cream. Julia Teti, Footwear News, 2 July 2025 We were seated in a bright-white dining room at a table with a green and white checkered tablecloth (a nice touch). Keith Pandolfi, The Enquirer, 26 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for checker
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Verb
  • Starting in 2009, the fashion stylist worked with Obama as a wardrobe advisor to create some of the then first lady’s most viral looks: from an ivory strapless Brandon Maxwell dress to bold, patterned Kenzo.
    Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 15 Oct. 2025
  • Blanco paired his new accessory with a basic gray hoodie, patterned shorts and black-and-white Adidas sneakers.
    Desiree Anello, PEOPLE, 13 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Plan your visit around a night launch to see rockets streak through the sky.
    Maggie Downs, Travel + Leisure, 27 Oct. 2025
  • Mateychuk was streaking through the slot when Monahan found him from behind the net.
    Aaron Portzline, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The mill also had a double loom denim, with one side indigo and the other side striped for unique turn-ups.
    Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 20 Oct. 2025
  • The bee mushroom, which is hairy and striped like a bee, turns Mario into bee Mario, who can fly and climb on sticky honey walls.
    Matt Kasson, Popular Science, 15 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The first two discs are flecked with revelations.
    Will Hermes, Rolling Stone, 19 Oct. 2025
  • It was filled with two-page illustrations of long necks and sweeping ochre landscapes, with clever reptilian faces and sinuous tails, orange and green and flecked in black.
    Hazlitt, Hazlitt, 8 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Ravn’s prose is striking too, richly marbled with quotation and detail pulled from primary source letters and court documents.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 8 Sep. 2025
  • While Edmonton Oilers fans focus on the famous veteran wingers who were lost to free agency, the organization is focused on a new-look group that marbles youth, experience and the unknown in hopes of adding speed and goals.
    Allan Mitchell, New York Times, 1 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Mayfield’s Best-Summer-Melon with Speck Mayfield chef Jon Sarmenta makes this version of melon and speck his own by roasting spice nuts for garnish and making a melon vinaigrette to drizzle all over the dish.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2025
  • The 656-foot vessel, called the Golden Ray, has been lying since early September off a slice of the Georgia coast specked with resorts and sprawling high-dollar homes.
    New York Times, New York Times, 16 Nov. 2019
Verb
  • Swathes of social media stars, including sessions with Twitch streamers, sports influencers and heads of digital media studios, speckled the lineup with talks on how to do creator content right.
    Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 15 Oct. 2025
  • Created by James Beard Award winner and Bottega’s former pastry chef, Dolester Miles, the cake itself is speckled with ground pecans, which add texture and sweetness, which are brushed with simple syrup.
    Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 4 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The Illinois skies are mottled.
    Matthew Shen Goodman, Harpers Magazine, 19 Sep. 2025
  • The parrot’s feathers are a bright gilded green mottled with black, and its life span is comparable to that of a human.
    New York Times, New York Times, 25 July 2025

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