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Recent Examples of pock
His sallow legs are stippled with acid pock marks.
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Washington Post, 16 Feb. 2022
In the five years since Bentley released his last studio album, 2018’s The Mountain, and went into Rocky Mountain exile, open divisions and infighting driven by political differences and the culture wars have pock-marked the genre.
—Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 6 Mar. 2023
Each pock on the fruit’s exterior is called an achene, and each achene is an individual fruit with a corresponding seed in the interior.
—Elsbeth Sites, Discover Magazine, 12 Aug. 2014
In more corrosive water, the once-pristine shells become flaked and pock-marked—a harbinger of an early death.
—WIRED, 2 Nov. 2022
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Washington Post, 16 Feb. 2022
In the five years since Bentley released his last studio album, 2018’s The Mountain, and went into Rocky Mountain exile, open divisions and infighting driven by political differences and the culture wars have pock-marked the genre.
—Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 6 Mar. 2023
Each pock on the fruit’s exterior is called an achene, and each achene is an individual fruit with a corresponding seed in the interior.
—Elsbeth Sites, Discover Magazine, 12 Aug. 2014
In more corrosive water, the once-pristine shells become flaked and pock-marked—a harbinger of an early death.
—WIRED, 2 Nov. 2022
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The boils and blisters that covered Elizabeth’s face after her illness took Shircore the longest amount of time to create, and before those scenes, Robbie would sit in the makeup chair for about three hours.Rachel Burchfield, People.com, 29 Nov. 2024
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People with chickenpox should plan to quarantine until their blisters are dry and crusted over.Carrie Madormo, RN, Health, 3 Nov. 2024
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This one gets a modern update thanks to details like bold black buttons, angled welt pockets, and a seamed front panel.Jamie Allison Sanders, People.com, 27 Nov. 2024
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Pictures and video shared with WIRED show apparent bruising and welts from the guards’ aggressive behavior toward workers, and a guard violently yanking a worker off a bench.Vittoria Elliott, WIRED, 19 Sep. 2024
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Folliculitis can, in turn, lead to red pimples and pustules—sort of like scalp acne.Jennifer Hussein, Allure, 26 Oct. 2024
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Larger pimples that contain pus are called pustules.Ann Pietrangelo, Verywell Health, 1 Oct. 2024
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Add baking soda as recommended by quantity of beans, and bring to a boil.Katie Rosenhouse, Southern Living, 3 Dec. 2024
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Miles of strip malls offer thrilling meals from all over the world: taco shops; dim-sum palaces; Indian and Pakistani banquet halls; Vietnamese restaurants that specialize in banh mi, or pho, or borrow Cajun traditions like crawfish boils.Hannah Goldfield, The New Yorker, 2 Dec. 2024
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Inside the refillable compact with a mirror are 32 pimple patches with hydrocolloid and salicylic acid to unclog pores and shrink spots.Ashley Davis, WWD, 2 Dec. 2024
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These whimsical pimple patches were first proudly adopted by Gen Z on TikTok, but stars from the likes of Hailey Bieber, Ella Emhoff, SZA, and Central Cee have joined the ranks—sporting them in selfies all over Instagram.Conçetta Ciarlo, Vogue, 2 Dec. 2024
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Some research shows that people with acne generally have lower levels of zinc in their blood and that taking supplemental zinc may reduce inflammatory papules.Ann Pietrangelo, Verywell Health, 1 Oct. 2024
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These often red, inflamed bumps are also called papules.Ann Pietrangelo, Verywell Health, 1 Oct. 2024
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The top of the back will comprise a larger rectangular camera bump made of aluminum rather than traditional 3D glass.Ewan Spence, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024
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Country insiders who spoke to Rolling Stone last year attributed the bump both to older country fans embracing streaming since the pandemic, and to the streaming platforms bringing forward a new crop of stars who found strong fanbases outside of the traditional country radio system.Ethan Millman, Rolling Stone, 6 Dec. 2024
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“Pock.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pock. Accessed 18 Dec. 2024.
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