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specking

verb

present participle of speck

as in sprinkling

to mark with small spots especially unevenly dirt that had specked the windows of the factory for ages

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Recent Examples of specking Of course local photographer Geoff Baker was out and about in the storm as well, and his black-and-white shot of Main Street, with the snow specking the lens, is also memorable. — Janet Kusterer, Baltimore Sun, 8 Feb. 2026

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Wheat, rice, and corn flours are the three most common options for sprinkling over your soil.

— Ashley Chalmers, The Spruce, 14 Aug. 2026
But by the 1960s, the techniques of Central Texas — sprinkling briskets with salt and pepper and cooking them over indirect heat — started to become more commonplace.

— Catherine Garcia, TheWeek, 13 Aug. 2026

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The scoring was tit for tat to the end, with winger Stravino Jacobs and captain Marcell Coetzee dotting down for the Bulls, and Carter and Wallace Sititi replying for New Zealand's second straight 50-pointer.

— ABC News, ABC News, 15 Aug. 2026
In one of the last shots, Camille’s character lies flat on a bed with stab wounds dotting her abdomen.

— Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 5 Aug. 2026

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Mount Olympus is also home to 30 species of mammals and 100 species of birds, with birdwatchers spotting golden eagles, peregrine falcons, and hawks soaring above the mountain’s peak.

— Brittany Anas, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2026
But periods of thick high clouds and some haze could make spotting meteors a bit more difficult over the next few nights.

— Cutter Martin, CBS News, 11 Aug. 2026

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