smudge

He zoomed in on what resembled a smudge on the image, and spotted tiny text.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026

The hit was a small smudge on Bruins ace Taylor Tinsley’s line, finishing with two strikeouts and three hits across the five innings.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 23, 2026

“It’s right here,” glaciologist Alison Criscitiello says, pointing to a nearly invisible gray smudge behind the glass, on a 5-foot-long, 1,550-year-old bisected cylinder of ice.

From Slate ● May 8, 2026

While we followed the police, we could see the boat – a thin black smudge on a milky sea – to our left.

From BBC ● Jun. 17, 2025

The Mallons’ house was a black smudge in the fog, the stone walls sleeping, the worn path quiet as we tiptoed over it.

From "Nory Ryan’s Song" by Patricia Reilly Giff

One especially useful touch for travelers: the spa offers quick-drying traditional polishes, making it easier to get back to sightseeing without worrying about smudges.

From Salon ● Jun. 11, 2026

Little else was known about the 30-40 day moult, until Fretwell spotted large brown smudges in satellite pictures from 2019-2025.

From BBC ● Feb. 25, 2026

With unapologetic brio, Tortorici, cinematographer Massimiliano Kuveiller and editor Marco Costa empty out their tool kit of angles, splits, tracks, smudges, zooms, smashes, jumps, needle drops, montages and text cards.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 25, 2025

If smudges in the sky are your thing, sure, fine.

From Slate ● Oct. 16, 2024

I wiped quickly under my eyes to prevent any smudges.

From "Twilight" by Stephenie Meyer

In response to the Palace disputing his account, Earl Spencer, who shares his first name with the King, said: "They've sort of smudged that one, haven't they? They've said that recollections may vary."

From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026

Either way, the onetime roommates and bandmates pioneered a discomfiting broken-doll aesthetic of smudged eyeliner, smeared lipstick and plastic barrettes clipped to hanks of bleached-out hair.

From Salon ● Jun. 12, 2026

Heyward co-hosted a fundraiser with his wife last week where Pratt was smudged with sage before standing in front of a giant amethyst geode to address about 125 people.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 21, 2026

"Intensity mapping is like viewing the same scene through a smudged plane window: you get a blurrier picture, but you capture all the light and not just the brightest spots."

From Science Daily ● Mar. 8, 2026

More than half of the faces had been smudged out now.

From "Shadowshaper" by Daniel José Older

The two women move around the room, burning herbs and shaking shamanic rattles while singing and chanting in a purification ritual known as "smudging".

From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2025

If you want to continue smudging not all hope is lost.

From Salon ● Jan. 1, 2024

Researchers believe these early artists selected charcoal because it was the perfect medium, ideal for the smudging and blending techniques used in cave paintings.

From Scientific American ● Jul. 4, 2023

On another, Djokovic tumbled behind the baseline, smudging his red shirt, blue shorts and skin with the rust-colored clay.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 11, 2023

She swabbed at the counter with her thumb, smudging the granite.

From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng