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smutches

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plural of smutch

as in stains

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Orkin recommends inspecting hotel rooms before unpacking by checking mattresses and furniture for live bugs, shed skins, tiny eggs or dark, ink-like stains.

— Anthony Thompson, USA Today, 7 July 2026
Online photos from the home’s listing posted on the Good Neighbors Investors website in 2024 show dark stains and mold across the walls and floor of the home.

— Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 7 July 2026

Definition of stains

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There’s nothing more frustrating than spending time cleaning glass surfaces only to end up with streaks, smudges, or cloudy residue.

— Daley Quinn, Southern Living, 2 July 2026
There are faint smudges of pastel crayon on the wall and carved profanities with paint chips revealing the previous cerulean walls.

— Ashley Andreou, STAT, 22 June 2026

Definition of smudges

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Milky, creamy blobs of mozzarella are melted over the top with plenty of torn basil.

— Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2026
The other claims that early Earth was too hot for rigid plates, and that crust instead formed above mantle plumes rising from deep within the planet, a phenomenon comparable, Johnson said, to the wax blobs rising inside a lava lamp.

— Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 5 July 2026

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In Mexico City, Centro Culinario Ambrosía teaches the art of Mexican cuisine in a professional kitchen, walking food enthusiasts through Oaxaca’s rich moles and Yucatán’s smoky spices.

— Lauren Schuster, Miami Herald, 9 June 2026
Food enthusiasts learn the art of Mexican cooking from Oaxaca’s rich moles to Yucatán’s smoky spices, with additional classes on more general fundamentals like laminating pastry dough.

— Lauren Schuster, Kansas City Star, 9 June 2026

Definition of moles

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Saturday’s grand opening marks the third Taco Bell Cantina to open in a mall, Roderick said, including a location at Westfield Oakridge Mall in San Jose.

— Corey Schmidt, Sacbee.com, 11 July 2026
The altered version includes footage that zooms in on a figure that prosecutors said was Robinson and red marks that were added to the video.

— Hannah Schoenbaum, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2026

Definition of marks

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As the United States of America celebrated its 250th birthday on terra firma with fireworks displays this weekend, two Asian countries made some splashes of their own farther from Earth.

— Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 6 July 2026
This recipe has a citrus base that feels seasonally appropriate with splashes of Tabasco which add extra heat.

— Nellah Bailey McGough, Southern Living, 4 July 2026

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