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Included in the series of photos is a picture of Sofia lounging on a boat dressed in a blue and white checkered bikini while reading a book, and another shows her swimming in the ocean.
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Lori A Bashian, FOXNews.com, 3 May 2025
But that record has become much more checkered: internal conflicts have racked Ethiopia ever since.
—Foreign Affairs, 22 Apr. 2025
The upholstery has upwards of 40 options, from checkered to boucle to velvet.
—Julia Harrison, Architectural Digest, 16 Apr. 2025
However, technology industry analyst and social media pundit Susan Schreiner of C4 Trends says that without professional fact checkers, the platforms have lost an important guardrail.
—Peter Suciu, Forbes, 24 Mar. 2025
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Lori A Bashian, FOXNews.com, 3 May 2025
But that record has become much more checkered: internal conflicts have racked Ethiopia ever since.
—Foreign Affairs, 22 Apr. 2025
The upholstery has upwards of 40 options, from checkered to boucle to velvet.
—Julia Harrison, Architectural Digest, 16 Apr. 2025
However, technology industry analyst and social media pundit Susan Schreiner of C4 Trends says that without professional fact checkers, the platforms have lost an important guardrail.
—Peter Suciu, Forbes, 24 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for checker
Verb
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Some of their latest stylish items include colorful bikinis, cut-out one pieces and patterned pieces that call to mind a beach paradise.—
Nadja Sayej,
Forbes.com,
3 June 2025
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Alec wore a dark suit, a button-down, and patterned grey and black tie.—
Dayna Haffenden,
People.com,
29 May 2025
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Compilation footage shows the moment a meteor/fireball streaked across the sky in Maoming City, Guangdong Province, ChinaOn the evening of May 28, 2025, there was a loud bang in the sky, and a super bright fire meteor suddenly descended over the urban area of Maoming!.—
Anthony Wood,
Space.com,
31 May 2025
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Twin telescopes, pointed in different directions on the spacecraft, scanned the sky, capturing optical light that streaked across its field of view.—
Katrina Miller,
New York Times,
27 Mar. 2025
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Her upcycled creations featured pastel hues and also striped patches of fabric.—
Robyn Mowatt,
Essence,
22 May 2025
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Janelle Monáe — always one for cheeky sartorial statements — arrived in a black and white bowler hat and monocle, donning an oversized red, black, and white striped jacket printed to look like a suit.—
Gretta Monahan,
Boston Herald,
8 May 2025
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Servers dropped a plantain bread course, a warm loaf flecked with sea salt and crispy at the edges.—
Caroline Hatchett,
Robb Report,
21 Apr. 2025
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Picture palm trees and lush river valleys, wild chickens whose feathers are flecked with turquoise.—
Ryan Knighton,
AFAR Media,
12 May 2025
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There’s a nice mix of experience and youth marbled through the lineup, with Kyle Connor, Mark Scheifele and Nikolaj Ehlers leading the offence.—
Allan Mitchell,
The Athletic,
8 Jan. 2025
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Dunk them into a water marbling bath, then paint the tops metallic and add a satin bow to hang them.—
Amy Panos,
Better Homes & Gardens,
10 Dec. 2024
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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
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Now, their territory has fewer than 1,000 residents and consists of about 7,300 acres, with roads wandering through woods specked with modest family homes.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
22 June 2018
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The bar serves small bites from chef Jesus Martinez, including melty chicken and tomatillo salsa tamales, and a sea bass ceviche speckled with slivers of habanero pepper served atop velvety leche de tigre.—
Kristin Braswell,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
23 May 2025
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The Dalarna region is Sweden at its best, with dense forests speckling the landscape, a web of foot trails, dramatic waterfalls, gentle slopes for hiking and skiing, and placid lakes, including one of the country’s largest, Lake Siljan.—
Jeanine Barone,
Forbes.com,
1 May 2025
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Red spots mottled his face; Edwards was sick with measles, too.—
Elizabeth Robinson,
NBC news,
4 June 2025
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They were mottled brown with tiny eyes and described as a new species in 1913, dubbed, rather questionably, Moringua hodgarti.—
Aspen Pflughoeft,
Miami Herald,
21 May 2025
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