| 单词 | speck |
| 例句 | He understood the challenge ahead, for he and his colleagues had yet to produce a speck of element 94 detectable even by microscope. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z The red fingers and lips of a man cheering, spewing specks of barbecued chicken. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z For months, I’ve tried to forget what happened, but it comes back in flashes and specks, no matter how much I try to drown it out. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z As I walk to the bus, I watch a helicopter fly toward downtown until it disappears into a tiny black speck. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Usually he can see insults as big as a speck when they’re hiding under a rock in the next county over. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z She could see them more clearly this time: each current was made up of thousands of tiny specks, all drifting and swirling. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z At Camp Four, Lhakpa Chhiri and I shivered in the wind outside the tents, peering up at a tiny speck moving slowly down the upper Southeast Ridge. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z A speck no one seemed to notice, which was fine with me. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z This small place of Mr. James Ito has not one speck of dust anywhere. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z I screamed, imagining my skin disappearing in chunks into the invisible mouths of hundreds of tiny black specks creeping into parts of my body I couldn’t even reach. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z The shell was a speck now, the oars catching the sun in spaced glints, as if the hull were winking itself along him along. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z A mere speck in the sky, she took a reading on the polarized light of the sun. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z Ten days later, Joe Rantz sat again on a train, looking out through the fly- specked window of the coach, watching a fresh new American calamity begin to unfold. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z She recognized him a mile and a half away, although a mere speck. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z Fish scoots in, inhales the speck of chum. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z And there’s still a campsite, still at the river’s edge, so far away they’re just specks against other specks. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z He squinted, trying to see minute specks that might be people. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z People sitting on cabin porches would wonder whether the speck would take the form of man, woman, or child. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z I kept my eyes planted on the floor, counting the specks of mud and lint. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z At every dawn and every dusk they saw the eagle soaring between the peaks, no more than a speck in the vastness of the sky. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z He watched as she became smaller and smaller, until the meal sack over her shoulder was just a white speck. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z She was just another speck of gray in the endless ash sea. I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z “You call that unharmed?” snapped Mrs. Teavee, peering at the little speck of a boy who was now running to and fro across the palm of her hand, waving his pistols in the air. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z I watched specks of moonlight sparkle off the water’s surface whenever a small swell rolled toward shore. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z “Very latest model. Only came out last month,” said Flint carelessly, flicking a speck of dust from the end of his own. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z Being up there, with the egg just a speck and the results unknown, was strange. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Perhaps, I told myself, she is in her room taking another speck of dust out of Mr Victor Corrado’s eye. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z On this morning the tide was low and most of the animals were far out, just hundreds of specks against the waves, yet the noise they made was deafening. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z “We were a tiny speck in the vast vista of the sea,” Shackleton wrote later. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z "It's nothing . . . a speck of dirt," I said, standing and holding out the sample, a tightness growing within me. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z My head is filling with black sawdust; little specks of the darkness are gtting in through my eyes. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z A meaningless swirl in the stream of time, a temporary gathering of bits, a few random specks, a cloud . Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z “I speck Miss Love would like to go, though.” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Through the fly- specked screen-door, I could see that the arms of Momma’s apron jiggled from the vibrations of her humming. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z I could see individual cells, and some of them were swollen with dark specks. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z All green, then specks, spots, square acres upon acres transform from green to brown. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z He watched the orange dragon sweep down and away to the water below until she was a ginger speck in the distance. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z She has a little red speck on her cheek, probably paint from art class. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z Different-colored lights circled all around the room, specks of light traveling over the floor and walls and ceilings, and right over kids’ faces. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z The afternoon light slanted down through the high windows, so that up close to the ceiling the air was flecked with glowing gold specks. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z Suddenly he was aware that two black specks were moving slowly along it, going westward; and looking again he saw that three others were creeping eastward to meet them. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z A tiny error in judgment or a speck of delay in deciding on a course of action might mean the difference between safety and calamity. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z Behind the trees the walls rose, piles of dead man- rock that loomed all about this speck of living wood. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Helplessly, they watched the procession of specks move down the slope and disappear inside the city. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z When he gets closer, I notice the tiniest speck of shaving cream in the little nook where his jaw meets his ear. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z In the last red glow men in the vanguard saw a black speck, a horseman riding back towards them. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z But even before the little brown speck, there must have been the conditions, the setting that would allow it to exist in the first place. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z Emily wasn’t sure why it was called North Beach, because there wasn’t a speck of sand in sight. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z As if every human and every creature and every gas and liquid and speck of dirt and granule of sand and gust of air settled all at once, and all was right in the universe. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z Something inside it made him feel dizzy and small—very, very small—a diminutive speck no bigger or more significant than a mote of dust. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z I wished we hadn’t seen ourselves as a speck of dust, surrounded by so much nothing we were barely even visible. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z That morning I would be the “eyes” of the President Taft, searching the horizon for the first speck of land. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a convict ship bound for a speck of an island in distant waters. The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z Silas flicked an imaginary speck of dust from his sleeve with a fingernail as sharp as a blade. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z He sniffs every speck of dirt and every tree, happy to be outside. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z The candles shrink to stubs, and specks of wax drip onto the table. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Keep your eyes glued to the peas and every speck of dust on the floor. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z “They like it when you pick them out for special favors at night. It keeps them happy, and ...” He paused to flick a speck off his waistcoat. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z They’re lighter brown than mine, with specks of hazel and green, what she claims is the assertion of her distant Pashtun blood. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z A slender speck came from the valley and glided above the stream. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z There’s an old mirror in the kitchen, spotted with rusty stains and freckled with black specks, so ruined it’s almost impossible to see myself in. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z Across our yard and the pond, I see curious Mr. Bender, a mere speck in the distance. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z He laughed, then pointed to a white speck across the lake and said, “See that?” Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z He’s wearing these real nice shoes made of leather, I think they’re called penny loafers, and they don’t have a speck of dirt on them. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z The hood was either black or dark blue, and Roy couldn’t see a speck of light through the heavy fabric. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Sean kept the bathroom so clean that the box didn’t have a speck of dust on it, but Finn wiped it down anyway. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Mrs. Wright gave the photo one last long look, then set it back on the mantel and angled it carefully, wiped a speck of dust from the glass. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z It still seemed impossible half the time but it was there, a glowing speck like the last drop of the sun on the horizon. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z I have a feeling we are not talking about clean dishes anymore, but I add extra dish soap to the sponge to get every speck of food off the plates, just in case. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z He sees them sometimes against the peach-colored paint on the wall, faint specks engorged with his blood, just inches below the ceiling, always too high up to kill. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z As if goaded into disproof, one of the specks peeled away and began its near-vertical dive, directly above their heads. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z I duck into the bathroom to wash my hands even though there ain’t a speck of dirt on them. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z I crumpled onto the hard pew and hid my face behind my hands, through which bright specks of light still danced in circles. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z Inside her there was a speck of Brian, a spark of him turning over and over within her, transforming itself. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Not a crumb or speck of leavened bread could be found anywhere. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z “Get a speck of grease on my work . . . You hear?” One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Even the floor was white, and there wasn’t a speck of dust anywhere. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z There is not a speck of food anywhere. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z She says, “Ruth May, sugar, you don’t have a speck of business with the Jeune Mou-Pro, so when you see them, why, you run on into the house.” The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Mr. Nancy stubbed out his cigarillo, then he flicked an imaginary speck of ash off his yellow gloves. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z Nathan watched the crystal float down and down and down until it became a speck of nothing. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z When the old man fell silent, Capricorn carefully pulled the sleeve of his jacket down over his wrist and brushed a speck of fluff off his arm. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z I feel like a speck of dust on a beautiful painting. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z “Jacob, look at that!” he cried, pointing to a cluster of airborne specks. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z His face had that look old men get when they’d shaved the day before and the beard was just starting to grow back, white specks of dust all over his cheeks. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z Wherever they struck, they hissed and burst like clouds of dust, sprinkling the hull with specks of light. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z She was a lamentable splotch, her black hair and brown skin and green shirt and blue jeans and purple backpack a speck in this eternal whiteness. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z And if we are a speck in the immensity of space, we also occupy an instant in the expanse of ages. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Not a speck of fuchsia could be seen. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z Like tiny specks of floating dust, people hang from their harnesses far above, cleaning the ceiling. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z “What Jo would give for a sight of that famous speck!” said Amy, feeling in good spirits and anxious to see him so also. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z An old house without a speck of paint on it stood tall on the bluff. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z I couldn’t find so much as a speck of dust that had come from Cap. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z The man screamed, coughing up clotted black specks of metal and blood. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z He waited for Gwydion’s reprimand, but the warrior’s green eyes followed the dark specks. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z Sometimes in the light, little specks of gray peeked out behind her rose-gold highlights. Monday's Not Coming 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Within the universe, I felt like a speck, but within myself I felt gigantic, the salt air filling my lungs, the roaring of the waves rushing in my ears. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z As we drew closer to the old Agena, it changed from a speck to a cylinder, and I could see that it was not tumbling or spinning, but appeared to be steady as a rock. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z She wiped a speck of something invisible from the corner of her mouth. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z There seemed to be a speck on the lens he couldn’t remove. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z Not that I actually got a speck of attention on my birthday. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Bits of her Kleenex fell to the floor, and she picked off the specks from the carpet. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z Steve’s smile seems more like a smirk, as if he’s reading my mind and finding not a speck of plumbing knowledge lodged within it. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Not a blade of grass, not a speck of green to rest on. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Martín glanced over and scoffed, pointing to a tiny speck on one of the plates. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z Perhaps he glances around, and then you see that his lips are smeared with something slippery and red, mixed with black specks, as if he has been chewing coffee grounds. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z A thin wake spread like a giant V behind the departing creature until it became a silhouetted speck, finally disappearing. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z They saw specks of huts clustered inside circles of thornbush, with cattle trails radiating from the huts. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z As soon as they were done, they washed their hands extra carefully at the pump to make sure not a speck of dirt would smudge the catalog. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z If we could enter a cell, many of the molecular specks we would see would be protein molecules, some in frenzied activity, others merely waiting. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z We waited till his taillights turned to specks no bigger than lightning bugs before we spoke or even moved. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z He saw a large black speck—maybe a buzzard—circling up from the fire. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z A lone figure came on the landscape as a speck and slowly grew into a ripply form through the heat waves. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z There were now so many pink and yellow specks in my vision, it was as if I were inside a snow globe. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z The line snaked far back, until the people were just tiny specks. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Emily wasn’t sure why it was called North Beach, because there wasn’t a speck of sand in sight. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z The moderator, a slim guy with hair that looks like it has been glued into place, brushes a speck off his tuxedo, adjusts his red-striped tie, and begins speaking right on cue. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z “It’s not from fear, you insignificant speck of dust!” roared Mr. Curtain, his face livid with rage. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z They were dark gray, and if she turned them on full power, they could make you feel like a speck of dust. Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Cole watched as the boat faded to a mere speck outside the bay, then he reached down and picked up a rock. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z Now, while she was listening for the doorbell, she made a final tour, pausing to dispose of a speck of lint or alter an arrangement of Christmas poinsettias. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z He touched her constantly, fixing a ringlet of hair that had fallen into her face, brushing a speck from her shawl, and patting her left hand with his right. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z Take Beck Weathers, for instance, who at that moment appeared as a tiny red speck on the ice 500 feet below, near the end of a long queue of climbers. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z Under him his legs wavered and he felt the room begin to turn dark maroon cast over with specks of green. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z “I been looking, call ten ladies today. Not even a speck a interest.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Whisk—and those specks of antique dirt called Athens and Rome, Jerusalem and the Middle Kingdom—all were gone. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z “Yours looks all right. I’m eating mine even though it’s vile”—her tongue licked a speck of cereal off the corner of her mouth—“because I need nourishment to take charge on our journey.” Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z I watched until they were a speck on the horizon. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z Not a speck escaped Aunt March’s eye, and all the furniture had claw legs and much carving, which was never dusted to suit. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z He could see forms and shapes that resembled rivers and streams and oxbow lakes, and he could see specks that might be towns, and he could see belts of forest. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z We all looked up and could see this speck in the sky start to grow. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z A hair quicker, a fraction stronger, a speck faster. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Grandma usually made fresh biscuits and vegetables for us even when we were only having a tiny speck of meat. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z "You're right," he said, "there's not even a tiny speck. She would be stunned. And just look how neatly he has brushed his hair. Did you do that, Ida?" The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z By instinct now, it responded to the slanting wing, the dark, enlarging speck, growing each moment, lowering, and coming toward Ben and his family, whose very destinies were fastened to the humming frames of jets. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Its unfrosted glass held the reflection of the overhead bulb, a speck of brightness. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z “I was a good girl her age. Never gave a speck of trouble. I did everything anybody told me to. Till I got here. City make you tighten up.” Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Our sun is but a tiny speck in our home galaxy, the Milky Way, which in turn is lost among countless other galaxies. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z He spoke as if this were a truth evident to anyone with a speck of reason. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Nailer strained to see the speck on the horizon where Lucky Girl was running, but it was impossible. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z Finally he saw a speck moving on the road. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z There wasn’t so much as a speck of blue to be seen. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z He rubbed them, but the black specks remained. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z For a moment he thought he could see a black speck crawling up the farthest ridge. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z He crossed his arms and waited as I tried to rub the tiny speck off the plate. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z After the longest time, a colored man in a white coat covered with smears and specks of blood walked into the park and come right to us. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z I pick at a speck of dry orange paint on the workbench. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z “Lanesha, your eyes were the lightest green. With the tiniest specks of yellow. With them eyes, and that caul, I knew you’d have the sight.” Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z But even as he said this, he looked down and noticed the brown specks, and only just stopped himself crying out in alarm. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z Shauna stays secure in the sling for as long as I can see her, and then she’s too far away, just a black speck over Lake Shore Drive. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z Even at nine, I knew being the only speck of brown on the field was a lot. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z Prometheus brushed a speck off his tux lapel. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z I stare at the loaves we spilled onto the street, searching for even the tiniest speck of dirt we might have missed. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z It was still tiny, the size of a speck of sand, but I knew it could grow as heavy and as mean and as cold as that gun. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z Then I noticed the tiny speck, a mole, right above the boy’s left eyebrow, which is exactly where I have a mole right above my left eyebrow. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z “They migrate from the United States to Aztlan this time of year. You wonder how they find a speck of water like this in all the dry desert.” The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I know that everything exists because tiny specks, too small to see, move through an invisible field the way a pair of boots moves through mud, getting heavier as they go. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z The only planet we are sure is inhabited is a tiny speck of rock and metal, shining feebly by reflected sunlight, and at this distance utterly lost. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Tom could see that they contained granules or specks. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z She’d mentioned her interest in going there long ago, in the first weeks of their courtship, when the spring of junior year had felt like a remote speck on the horizon. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Sitting, I stare at the black specks on the white linoleum. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z When Julie Andrews starts off as a speck on the hill and gets bigger and bigger till she bursts onto the screen with her voice like cold water and her breath like peppermint. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Shaking the hide, he danced, barked, and then ran over the tundra until he was but a speck in the distance. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z But he wasn’t prepared for the mass of black shirts coming at him in a crazy blur, like hungry rats jumping over each other’s backs to get to a speck of food. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z The sun was doing antics among the million specks of dust hanging between us and casting a brilliant, unstable pool of light on the floor. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z Everything wooden is polished, the rugs are fluffy and freshly vacuumed, and you couldn’t find a single speck of dust even if you moved around the picture frames. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z A container of IcyHot, a bag of little black specks, five or six heavy-duty bungee cords, a screwdriver, a socket wrench, and a small sledgehammer. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z If Jupiter were a meter across, our comet would be smaller than a speck of dust, but when fully developed, its tail would be as great as the distances between the worlds. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z I went on a bit about the doctor’s unparalleled ability to turn simple language into poetry, and for my big finale I read his story of the elephant and the Who-inhabited dust speck. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z We had been getting closer and closer to it over the past twenty- four hours, and finally we saw it, a tiny speck some twenty- five miles in front and slightly above us. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z “Eight of them,” said Iorek after a minute, and then Will saw them, too: little specks in a line. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z And in a corner, my brief case, covered with specks of dust like memories—the night of the battle royal. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z He always barked and sometimes, even in daytime, he would start from under the porch, the hair on his back straightening before anyone had sighted a moving speck at the far end of the road. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z All that day and into the evening, Met Lab associates streamed into room 405 of the Jones Lab to peer through the microscope at the pink speck. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Even the speck of whitish dust on the cover of his diary they had carefully replaced. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z Cole’s mother dusted imaginary specks off her dress, then picked up the feather hesitantly. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z You had to squint against the glare to keep them sighted, and with every blink you expected the last white speck to be gone. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z The station wagon had been ordered originally by a wealthy society lady, black, without a speck of chrome, and with black leather upholstery, but when it came, it depressed her. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z She had butterfly barrettes in her hair, and her sneakers didn’t have one speck of dirt on them. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z Ivy loved each and every speck of color on those drawings, and that’s all she really cared about. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Mr. Derby sat next to the driver, continually checking his fingernails and picking specks of dirt off his boots. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z She became a speck of glowing green, and then she was gone. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z If Goblin would approach something he feared, Johnny rewarded him with a specked apple, but when he did fall off, he would come home smelling like a cider press. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “Dirty, sir! Look at my shoes. Not a speck on them.” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z She poured tea and served cakes without getting a speck on her clothes, her posture always perfect, her smile dazzling. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z When I looked at his gloves, I saw tiny specks of blood staining them. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z He took out his handkerchief and blotted furiously at his upper lip, his freckles standing out like specks of dirt against his reddening complexion. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z “I’ve got you, eh? You’ve made quite a few telescopic observations since being put together, Cutie. Have you noticed that several of those specks of light outside become disks when so viewed?” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z It’s just a speck at first, but as we draw closer, it resolves into a post protruding from the water. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z Every speck of anything that might become a wedding memory, she tosses in there—stuff like jewelry designs and invitation ideas and flower arrangement choices and photos of gowns. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z The Pensieve was sitting on the desk again, casting silvery specks of light over the ceiling. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z A small speck of me swells with pride. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z A distant speck on the horizon, the elf fell through the air. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z Now those specks in the distance, almost too small to be seen, were coming inexorably toward them to attempt to dismantle their world, and what tatters remained of Sarai’s belief deserted her. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z “Gods and goddesses may occasionally help, but they don’t mess around with affairs that affect only humans. To them, mortal lives are but a speck of dust on the eyelash.” Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z “You should eat something,” said Scruffy, who had specks of dog food stuck in his whiskers. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z Using a second needle, Southam tattooed a tiny speck of India ink next to the small bump that formed at the HeLa injection site. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z And it burns like crazy, too, every little speck of dirt like a teeny-tiny lit match. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z Dale whistled softly as the pumpkin shrank into the distance, finally dropping out of sight, an orange speck vanishing behind far-off treetops. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z One person had complained that an architectural print above the desk had a visible speck of dust under the glass. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z It’s a while before we see much of anything, but finally we make out the dock and then little specks of color that seem like they are people. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z I sought the orchard, driven to its shelter by the wind, which all day had blown strong and full from the south, without, however, bringing a speck of rain. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z Then Miles upended the bag of black specks—fleas?—over the sleeper’s head. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z In the distance, tiny specks enter the belly of the other bug ship, set to leave shortly after us. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z He drops the speck of twinkling light into my palm. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z “Ah loves dat mahself. Never specks to get too old to enjoy syrup sweeten’ water when it’s cools and nice.” Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z Then he brushed the dirt off her dress and helped her get a speck out of her eye. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z I noticed there was a little brown speck marking the white part of her right eye. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z Bean shaped and smaller than a speck of sand, the fruit fly embryo begins its life in a whir of activity. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z The building didn’t look so big when I’d come in to register and take my placement test, but now that it was filled with students, I felt as if I were just a speck. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z A tiny speck of spit flew out of his mouth and landed on Amil’s cheek. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Grayson brushed a yellow speck of egg from his white stubble. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Some ten feet in front of them stood a short, plump man wearing enormously thick glasses that reduced his eyes to molelike specks. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z He watches his father raise a kite within minutes into the wind, so high that Gogol must tip his head back in order to see a rippling speck against the sky. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Even in summer a speck on the horizon was a curiosity. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Three enormous planes flew by, high up in the clouds, raining tiny black specks from their bellies. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z I could taste the rich ghee, each grain of rice, each speck of cumin, the tang of ginger, garlic, onion. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Oh, he'd managed to get good marks all right, and to have an affair with some awful waitress on the Cape by the name of Gladys, but he didn't have one speck of intuition. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z We all come into existence as a single cell, smaller than a speck of dust. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Papa tucked in his shirt and brushed a speck off his shoes. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z “Quit it!” she said, brushing dust and specks from her hair, laughing. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z She’s at the top of the thermal, a speck in the sky. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Trying to stretch it out, give the tinker just enough to stay in the vicinity and not a speck more. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z Squinting, she could just make out a progress of specks against the white. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z The engines roared, the ship moved, and minutes later she opened her eyes to see the houses of Nunivak shrink to specks and the island grow smaller and smaller. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z I planned to walk with him around the village, and not a speck farther. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z She watched the Academy diminishing as they sailed away until it was only a small gray speck, indistinguishable from the vast dark sea. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z And because the death penalty is rarely given for crimes other than homicide, its deterrent effect cannot account for a speck of decline in other violent crimes. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z In the darkness they could see millions of tiny glowing specks dashing about in the water. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Not a speck of dust could be detected by the naked eye. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z In less than twenty minutes a ship of three hundred thousand tons became a speck on the horizon. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z It gives me the tiniest speck of hope that this could still end here. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z When dawn broke, Jan looked up into a cloudless sky and saw a speck moving through the blue. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z I’ve barely given a speck of brain space to her, even after what happened between us in the closet. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z “But the world itself is only a speck of dust. And man is tiny—helpless! How long has he been in existence? For millions of years the earth was uninhabited.” 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z In the distance, ahead of us, Papa spotted a white speck and a cloud of thick black smoke. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z Lily used honey these days, rebelling against a product pretending to be maple syrup without a speck of the real thing in it. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z She had no center, no speck around which to grow. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z It was a raw, nondescript time of year, toward the end of November, the kind of wet, self-pitying November day when every speck of dirt stands out clearly. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z Three black specks were clearly visible in the sky, growing larger all the time. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z I stare fixedly at the little black specks on the sheet. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Her hands darted around her body, quickly brushing and picking off every speck of dirt. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z A tiny white speck of a car came singing down the wet road from town, far away, twisting with the black curves and growing larger by the moment. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z When the white speck had faded into the earth, the boy looked up at the sky. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z When they reached the floor of the valley the wind grew stronger as it funneled through the rocks, and directly ahead a bright-colored speck grew larger and larger. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z As far as Nhamo could see, there was not another speck of land in any direction. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Every touchable surface was a disease waiting to happen, every speck of dust an allergen poised to swell your nose and clog your ducts, every toothbrush bristle a bacterial playground. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z He saw the specks of Gulf clouds flame high in the air. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z A speck of white floated through the darkness out of the north. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z I longed to point out to him that it was an actual impossibility to clean a much-used room to the point where no speck of dust remained, but that would have been suicide. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z They are special because everyone tries very hard not to allow even one speck of dirt to enter the room. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Ida's boat stayed behind like a shadow, hardly more than a black speck against the dark outline of the shore. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z There was a speck above the island, a figure dropping swiftly beneath a parachute, a figure that hung with dangling limbs. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z By now, the horses were completing the final leg of their lap, far enough away that they were just specks. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z But approaching the gate are a few moving specks—silver, when the light catches them. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z And looked helpless like a shinbone, or a tiny speck of black on the Queen Elizabeth roses, or film on the eye of a dead goldfish. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z But an hour later my optimism was rudely extinguished when I noticed that the speck was still in the same place: it was actually nothing but a rock—just another altitude-induced hallucination. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z Millions of tiny specks of gold flew out from the center of her palm. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z Mrs. Richardson seethed, and deep inside her, the hot speck of fury that had been carefully banked within her burst into flame. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Harry saw Aunt Petunia wince slightly as specks of tea and drool flecked her clean floor. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z It was a wonderful color against her skin, making the freckles on her nose look like gold specks. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z To even leave a speck or scratch mark. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z He loves the steady roar of the engine beneath him as the plane rises high above a shrinking ground, turning houses into small blocks of color and cars into floating specks of light below. Embarrassing, Uncomfortable and Risky: What Flying Is Like for Passengers Who Use Wheelchairs 2022-08-08T04:00:00Z The original “Cosmos” carried a deeply humanistic message in Sagan’s frequent reminders that Earth and its inhabitants were just tiny specks in a vast universe. What’s Seth MacFarlane doing at the helm of ‘Cosmos’? 2014-03-05T19:50:32Z It seems absurd in this day and age, especially when we are just tiny specks in the universe. A Word With Cherry Jones: ‘I’m Having the Kind of Year Actors Live For’ 2016-01-01T05:00:00Z How pleasant it is to read an article that unites readers and that does not produce even a speck of political commentary. Mastering the Art of Beef Stew 2018-04-03T04:00:00Z They were lucky: After a week at sea in a small, open craft, they made landfall on Bidong Island, a speck of land that would soon become the world’s largest refugee camp. Is It an Art Collective or a Vietnamese Ad Agency? Yes and Yes 2018-02-23T05:00:00Z As our narrator ascends within the company, Holistik’s technologies get more invasive and clandestine, as if they were squeezing their employees to get the last speck of product out of the tube. A Beauty Brand That Turns Self-Improvement Into a Nightmare 2023-04-04T04:00:00Z “A speck of household dust landing on one of these delicate silicon wafers would be comparable to Mount Everest landing in the streets of Manhattan,” he explains. PBS’s ‘How We Got to Now,’ With Steven Johnson 2014-10-14T04:00:00Z It’s only on a spotless kitchen counter that a speck of dust even registers. Think a tidy house will lead to a tidy life? Think again 2019-02-08T05:00:00Z The petals form a slight point tipped with a white speck, like the back of a tiger’s ear. A reason to be thankful for a late spring? The daffodil explosion. 2015-04-14T04:00:00Z I can, often to my own detriment, fill hours, days, sometimes weeks, with actives of complete solitude without a speck of loneliness. New York killed my dating life — and I couldn’t be happier now 2016-06-11T04:00:00Z Using a minuscule red speck scraped from the painting’s edge, the scientists identified the pigment: carmine lake, made from crushed and ground cochineal insects that live on cactuses in Mexico and South America. Renoir Shows His True Colors 2014-04-20T21:29:48Z In the Cook Islands — a speck of a nation isolated in the Pacific Ocean — nearly half of all men binge drink, according to the WHO. The world’s biggest drinkers are not who you think 2014-04-23T12:15:00Z We ended the day on Mr. Orovic’s home island, a speck encircled by isolated coves. Giving Up the Battle for Peak Sunset 2019-08-06T04:00:00Z He appears as a tiny speck slowly approaching across the sun-baked desert and gradually materializez into a figure riding a camel. Omar Sharif, a Star in ‘Dr. Zhivago,’ Dies at 83 2015-07-10T04:00:00Z It helps to remind myself what an insignificant speck of dust our entire solar system is, let alone me. 'I watch old westerns while the spuds are in the oven': creative people on how they relax 2018-12-27T05:00:00Z The title says it all: Redford patches, bails and pumps, but a single human floating alone, with no help in sight and strictly limited supplies, suddenly becomes an intensely vulnerable speck doomed to obliteration. The Deep and All Is Lost: great films about peril at sea 2013-07-04T16:47:36Z Réunion, a former French colony that became an overseas department in 1960, is a speck of volcanic rock 400 miles off the coast of Madagascar. Why Hiking Beats Surfing on Réunion Island (Hint: Sharks!) 2019-12-23T05:00:00Z Don't let your eyes wander from the stove as you continually stir the butter or swirl the pan, ensuring that those brown bits don't become burnt specks ominously floating in your "liquid gold." The butteriest, lemoniest, simplest weeknight pasta sauce 2022-12-23T05:00:00Z In some, humans appear only as tiny specks. Explore the depth, purity of ‘Water’ exhibit 2016-06-01T04:00:00Z This is a fantasy version of the real Shabazz, and a rose-colored vision of her marriage, but in Ms. Ruff’s hands there’s not a speck of historical dust on her. Return Editions, with Magnetic Additions, Off Broadway 2018-02-09T05:00:00Z And then there was the silence: Again, we were alone save for two specks moving far across the valley. Is Disentis Skiing?s Next Big Secret? 2010-12-11T01:33:00Z Father and son duo Jimmy Bannos Sr. and Jr. worked in tandem on a crisp sphere of fried potato and speck croquette with Calabrian chili aioli. Helping out in the kitchen 2011-04-19T21:54:00Z She replicates small found stones in bronze and reproduces their surface markings, speck by speck. What to See in New York Art Galleries This Week 2017-03-30T04:00:00Z Now we mostly use Photoshop, grabbing a cluster of nearby pixels and pasting them over a speck in the image. What I remember about the dust 2021-09-11T04:00:00Z Shakur's entry and exit had to be carefully planned to fit into the show, with the creators opting to have his image burst apart into a cloud of gold specks. Holograms present celebs with new afterlife issues 2012-08-21T13:03:08Z “I’m good,” she said, slicing a speck, cabbage and egg pie she had pulled out of the pizza oven for breakfast. Beyond TV and EVOO: Rachael Ray Looks for Her Next Act 2018-05-08T04:00:00Z Make a scallop crudo, thinly sliced and adorned with just a speck of coarse salt, a dribble of extra-virgin olive oil and a drop of lemon. The Filets Mignons of the Sea 2018-12-14T05:00:00Z In 1933, he was shipped to French Guiana, a speck on the Atlantic coast of South America. Review: Tough Guys Tough It Out in ‘Papillon’ (Again!) 2018-08-22T04:00:00Z Whatever you choose, know that each tiny speck of time, though it might feel like all the others, is unique and will never happen again — so relish it. When it comes to happiness, Americans are doing it wrong. These books are here to help. 2020-01-14T05:00:00Z Julie and Billy may be mere mortal specks in a divine scheme. Review: A ‘Carousel’ That Spins on a Romantically Charged Axis 2018-04-12T04:00:00Z Tennessee country ham, Tyrolean speck and German Black Forest ham require only pork, salt and wood smoke. Charcuterie With All of the Smoke but None of the Meat 2020-08-24T04:00:00Z She stares at a speck on the floor. Cure - a short story 2011-07-11T16:03:55Z Among other works, the exhibit featured 21 arch-shaped gray structures made of cement and plastic foam, haphazardly splattered with colorful specks of paint, which called to mind both druid ruins and plumbing tubes. Phyllida Barlow, British Sculptor of Playful, Scale-Defying Works, Dies at 78 2023-03-15T04:00:00Z Departing from the typical weighty mountain fare, this high-altitude rifugio serves outstanding cuisine with a panorama to match — though, yes, speck and cheese are also on the menu. In the Heart of the Dolomites, Hiking and Haute Cuisine 2015-08-13T04:00:00Z Even more enticing are Sofi’s eyes: brown on the inner part, greenish gray-blue on the outer part, with specks of different colors. REVIEW: I Origins: The Eyes Have It 2014-07-18T04:00:00Z The Book as object, as specks of ink splattered on decaying vegetable matter, tenaciously clinging to the bookshop shelf as the internet gushes forth its infinite flood of blogposts, status updates and indie-published ebooks. China Miéville was the star turn at the Edinburgh International Book festival 2012-08-24T14:52:58Z What the United States has now is a “pointillist empire”: specks of land scattered around the world that have served as military bases, staging grounds, detention facilities, torture sites. ‘How to Hide an Empire’ Shines Light on America’s Expansionist Side 2019-02-13T05:00:00Z I hate to leave Dillon, Texas, a fly-over fly speck I would never would have even wanted to visit in real life. A bittersweet farewell to "Friday Night Lights" 2011-07-15T17:10:00Z Outside, every speck of earth has been put to use. Artist Patti Warashina is at home in the studio and in the garden 2013-11-21T00:08:14Z Working with a boxy aspect ratio and making expressive use of long shots that can turn travelers into specks, Palmason underscores the grandeur of this place and the puniness of those traversing it. ‘Godland’ Review: Another of God’s Lonely Men Goes Amok (Spiritually) 2023-02-02T05:00:00Z ANDOVER, Mass. — The paper conservator's scalpel picked at the red and black specks, flicking away the fly droppings that had stained Ingrid Bergman's letter to Ernest Hemingway. Dear Papa: Letters to Hemingway get crucial repair 2012-09-26T09:16:04Z They run on time from convenient locations, making them practically as fast as airplanes at a fraction of the cost and a microscopic speck of a fraction of the hassle. Frugal Traveler: A Guide to Cheap Buses (Including How to Score $1 Tickets) 2011-01-05T04:00:35Z The Booth audio snippet is just a small speck in an exhibition that’s broad in scope and deep with cultural context. L.A. exhibition probes Shakespeare-California connections, including a rare Edwin Booth recording 2016-11-18T05:00:00Z Compared to the glaciers, we were specks, impossibly tiny. Want to see Alaska’s wilderness up close? The UnCruise goes where the big cruise ships can’t. 2019-08-30T04:00:00Z One TikTok user uploaded a video of the sauce she had ordered, which arrived looking pale and coagulated with dark blue or green specks, according to the footage. Will someone please just tell me what the heck is "Pink Sauce"? 2022-07-22T04:00:00Z He’ll be remembered for his life story: an up-by-his-bootstraps tale that began in Searchlight, a speck of a desert town an hour outside of Las Vegas. ‘I hate palm trees’: The sentimental journey of Harry Reid 2016-09-14T04:00:00Z The blurred speck on their screen was apparently a black hole at the centre of our galaxy that measures 44 million km across. TV review: Horizon: Seeing Stars; Safebreakers and Only Connect 2011-08-15T21:00:02Z The play on that whole word there is "speck" … because I'm just a little thing in this big thing called the universe. will.i.am: 'The Queen reminds me of my grandma' 2012-06-28T19:30:00Z Perfecting how players interact with the sky islands — “If you put them too high, the islands look like specks of trash,” Aonuma said — required plenty of trial and error. To Meet Sky-High Expectations, Tears of the Kingdom Goes Vertical 2023-05-12T04:00:00Z In “6 Breaths” the dancers wear Josh Goot’s costumes, which are essentially black tunics adorned with specks and blotches of white. Dance Review: Sydney Dance Company Visits the Joyce - Review 2011-11-09T23:16:01Z Now, the nearby path through the bracken is dusted with thousands of brown specks: birch seeds. Rewilding: How Trees for Life are renewing the Highlands 2019-12-14T05:00:00Z The climbers clearly revere the mountains, and you can sense how alive they felt in that landscape where they were nothing but a string of dark, slow-moving specks crossing the brilliant white snow. Climbing the Himalaya With Soldiers, Spies, Lamas and Mountaineers 2021-01-05T05:00:00Z Oh, and it need not contain a speck of Cornish chicken DNA, according to the U.S. A new gig for Cornish hens: Learning tool 2017-08-14T04:00:00Z After treating Ms. Goldberg to speck and other imported delicacies, Mr. Batali leaned into his guest and hungrily asked for tips on how to attract what he described as her “magnificent American audience.” The Tv Watch: Celebrity Chefs on ?The Chew? on ABC 2011-10-02T22:01:29Z On this last crossing of our voyage from speck to speck of land, everything — water, flora, fauna and human — seemed to be living in sync. You’re Going to Need a Smaller Boat: Island Hopping in the Grenadines 2022-12-27T05:00:00Z It owns about 1,000 of these works — from specks of jewelry to panels as tall as six feet — made of colored glass fired onto metal. ‘Little Dreams in Glass and Metal’ Spotlights Enameling 2015-12-17T05:00:00Z A negative image of ants lured before the camera with sugar reads like a teaming galaxy of white specks on black. Art Review | 'William Kentridge: Five Themes': Anger and Angst, Explored With Animation 2010-02-25T22:41:00Z In our Moscow apartment, we were a speck amidst high-rise apartment blocks. After the Tree of Life Synagogue Shooting, a Russian-Jewish Immigrant Remembers Squirrel Hill 2018-11-24T05:00:00Z This common trope is given new life by Malcolm, who makes Brooke’s evolution believable through a tactile physical performance that takes advantage of every bead of sweat and every speck of dirt on her body. Five Action Movies to Stream Now 2022-11-04T04:00:00Z Having making us fear for Bullock as she spins through space as an insignificant speck, the final, Imax-ready shot renders her 50ft tall. All by myself: how the greatest solo film performances worked their magic 2017-07-24T04:00:00Z An undistinguished early genre picture, from 1865-66, sees Sisley follow Corot’s example in depicting flowering trees as a curtain of specked pigment. Alfred Sisley: The Unheralded Impressionist 2017-02-02T05:00:00Z In that art, Nature was a colossal, purposeful moral consciousness; the human presence, if visible at all, an awe-struck speck. Art Review: The Impact of Winslow Homer, at the Clark Institute 2013-08-01T22:10:42Z The speck was the color of a life jacket. The City at the Bottom of the Sea 2018-10-02T04:00:00Z Dust specks float in a bright spotlight, creating their own tiny dance; shadows echo and amplify the dancers' endless limbs. Pacific Northwest Ballet's Rico Chiarelli lights the way 2010-12-03T21:21:00Z The film begins with a speck of light and distant sound. Director Aaron Fernandez makes 'The Empty Hours' worth the time 2014-07-17T04:00:00Z Ours is a dynamic and exciting universe, in which we are the tiniest of tiny specks. Listen up, Marco Rubio!: Science lessons for the tea party 2012-11-25T19:00:00Z Presented with an engagement ring, she notices a speck in the diamond and insists on an independent appraisal. ‘90 Day Fiance’: Wherever love travels, so does suspicion The eggs sunny-side up, served on buttered sunflower bread with salty slices of speck, are so simple and delicious that they remind one how good fried eggs and runny yolks are. Now Serving | The Art of Kn?del 2010-03-10T21:02:00Z It turns out that the self-aggrandizing war criminal harbors not a speck of remorse. In ‘My War Criminal,’ the Bad Guy Controls the Conversation 2020-01-23T05:00:00Z Life is the quest for the speck of vision that comes with death. Getting down to the basics in Peter Brook's 'Battlefield' 2017-05-25T04:00:00Z Around the middle of the show, one of the actors says that there’s a big, limitless sky above them, and that, beneath it, they are just specks or sparks or something, waiting to be eliminated. A Rousing “Carousel” for Singers and Dancers 2018-06-27T04:00:00Z Fortunately, with Mother Seton’s body resting in Maryland, the chapel had just a speck of her bone. A Tourist’s Guide to Catholic New York 2015-09-15T04:00:00Z When the light came on again the ant was still there, an inert speck on a glass ledge inside something like an old-fashioned paraffin lamp, or perhaps a crack pipe, on the floor. Vinyl, UFOs and the patter of tiny feet 2013-05-20T15:59:18Z Dear Heloise: What, exactly, is buttermilk, and what are those little yellow specks in buttermilk? Perspective | Hints From Heloise: The basics of buttermilk 2018-06-07T04:00:00Z Unlike his friend and Funeral co-star, Martin Lawrence, who is in the next room wearing eyeglasses specked with diamonds, Rock doesn't wear success on his sleeve. Yeah, he said it 2010-05-28T23:04:00Z For centuries, the stars have been used as a guide, their shimmering specks in the sky leading the way through darkness. The Year in Stars 2021-12-18T05:00:00Z A reddish-brown speck is wedged in a corner crease. Miseries of a stay-at-home dad 2016-03-20T04:00:00Z Speck of food the thieving Grinch left in the Who household, a speck that was “even too small for a mouse.” The Grinch descends on Washington at the National Theatre 2016-12-08T05:00:00Z "That speck in the sky is my hat and I look forward to sampling some of Strop's patented hangover cure tomorrow morning," Cornell said in a press release. Crocodile Dundee's Paul Hogan gets early Christmas present 2010-11-24T12:16:00Z It was a red drum, a bulldog of a fish, but not a speck. A Father-Son Fishing Trip on the Chesapeake Bay 2014-07-31T04:00:00Z In the movie’s striking opening sequence, this otherworldly siren first appears as a speck of light that expands into a disc, which forms into an unblinking eye. Movie Review: Scarlett Johansson as a Deadly Alien in ‘Under the Skin’ 2014-04-03T22:28:04Z So tiny that when you look at it in its display case, what you see is an almost imperceptible black speck in the middle of a tiny circle inside another, slightly larger circle. Behold, the Tiniest of Books 2019-03-07T05:00:00Z Surprise: There’s not a speck of cornmeal involved. A creamy, cheesy casserole that treats fresh corn right 2018-08-10T04:00:00Z A simple sign of this structural change is when tiny white specks appear in raw sweet potatoes. This is the only way to store sweet potatoes 2021-07-16T04:00:00Z This was the trade-off for coming to America: you became as small as the country you came from, a speck on an ocean I could blot out with my thumb. 12 Authors Write About the Libraries They Love 2018-10-15T04:00:00Z Mr. Lubbock saw a speck of disapproval, for example, in friends who wondered why he wasn’t exploring wild alternative options to cure his cancer. Review: A Widow Documents Her Loss in ‘The Iceberg’ 2016-01-26T05:00:00Z What arrived on my plate was a gummy, gooey mess with nary a speck of pepper to be seen. As we struggle for the false starts of Spring, what better than a recipe for leek with pasta? 2019-04-28T04:00:00Z “It is the completion of an act of justice,” Bachelot said at a news conference in Paris, standing beside the early-20th-century painting, a lush, green canvas dotted with specks of floral color. France to Return Klimt Painting to Rightful Heirs After Nazi-Era Sale 2021-03-15T04:00:00Z In these filmmakers’ hands, an aerial shot of a speck of light in a forest eloquently expresses Vesper’s isolation, and the optimism that might save her. ‘Vesper’ Review: Seeds of Hope 2022-09-29T04:00:00Z Did that speck of blood on his sleeve belong to Victor, or to Gus? Breaking Bad 4x2: "Thirty-eight Snub" 2011-07-25T15:45:00Z “I built my business on specks,” he said, but I tried not to get too giddy. A Father-Son Fishing Trip on the Chesapeake Bay 2014-07-31T04:00:00Z The Mamanucas and the Yasawas are about as close as possible to the specks of green paradise travelers probably have in their minds when they picture Fiji. Frugal Traveler Blog: Fiji for the Rest of Us 2012-05-01T20:26:09Z The large resorts, tourists and hawkers are distant specks, kept at bay by a spit of rock that leaves Tiwi Beach in splendid isolation on the incoming tide. 'My best travel discovery of 2016' 2016-12-24T05:00:00Z At the first speck of rain, someone appears with an umbrella. Secret State: I played the vicar in the TV version of my novel 2012-11-05T19:01:01Z When the amount was correct — one gram or a speck over — he poured the seeds into their awaiting packet, and sealed it. Visiting a Virginia cooperative that nurtures seeds and gardeners 2015-02-24T05:00:00Z A few specks of spit from his mouth landed on my glasses. Mark Miodownik: an obsession with materials 2013-05-24T15:53:00Z Laird’s book is filled with the kind of information that will blossom in your mind as you deadhead or weed, linking your own speck of the planet to the long ago and the far away. A Gorgeous New Book Chronicles the History of the English Garden 2015-06-23T04:00:00Z Toppings included Italian ingredients like the cured meat speck, smoked scamorza cheese and grilled radicchio. Heads Up: In Milan, a Surge of Burger Spots 2013-06-18T20:25:57Z During that same time period my mother would have been only slightly younger, and although her own kingdom was a speck compared to the British commonwealth, she'd certainly seen some things. "The Crown" presents Princess Diana of Wales, patron saint of tradition-defying divorcées 2020-11-21T05:00:00Z Dust specks drift in the air, and the cobwebs are thick. Monet’s ‘other’ masterpiece: His gardens at Giverny 2016-01-07T05:00:00Z For miles in either direction, black specks bobbed in the surf. Explorer: Surfing and ?Roughing It? on Southern California Beaches 2011-07-22T18:59:56Z Visitors are meant to experience the ship, he said, “as this tiny speck in a vast ocean.” Robert Wilson Puts on a Show 2017-11-03T04:00:00Z Such a fuzzy speck, in fact, that most people can’t pronounce his name. Television: Eugenio Derbez Stars in ?Rob? and ?Girl in Progress? 2012-02-29T16:29:15Z Because the planet is just 1/32nd the diameter of the sun, its silhouette will appear as a black speck during its six-plus hour passage. `Chasing Venus' is thrilling adventure story 2012-04-30T15:55:44Z Brexit is the enemy of good television, being simultaneously boring, awful and so comprehensively picked over that everybody already knows every horrible speck of every horrible detail off by heart by now. It’s Brex Benedict – but can Cumberbatch make Vote Leave sexy? 2018-05-17T04:00:00Z In fact, it’s hard to lose one’s way for long on Sant’Antioco, a speck of an island connected to Sardinia’s southwestern corner by a milelong causeway. Explorer: The Island of Sant?Antioco, off Sardinia, Italy 2010-03-26T07:58:00Z Trapped inside with a young child, I dream of a different view – of sunlight dancing on vines and a distant speck of sea. Lockdown escapes: where I’ll visit when this is over 2020-03-28T04:00:00Z The image of a speck of dust figures prominently in “Everyday Rapture.” Theater Review: Sherie Rene Scott: Semi-Star From Kansas 2010-04-30T02:27:00Z Sure, I thought, they had discovered them deep underground via some fancy imaging device and were now removing dust one speck at a time to get to the bones by next year. A Fortress in the Clouds, a Guinea Pig in the Pan 2010-07-14T03:00:00Z There, we boarded a banana boat for a one-hour ride past shallow reefs and gumdrop specks of land until we reached a lagoon and Matava, a minimalist resort where we planned to stay two nights. Paradise Threatened: Fiji’s War Against Climate Change 2018-10-24T04:00:00Z Perhaps people who we hero worship are not quite as — you know, in every saint, there is a speck of dust and every sinner a spark of gold. Steve Coogan on finding "The Lost King": "It's not a journalistic piece. It's a point of view" 2023-03-25T04:00:00Z I never caught another fish that day, much less a speck. A Father-Son Fishing Trip on the Chesapeake Bay 2014-07-31T04:00:00Z The pages reveal how Broders planned separate print runs for each color on an Alpine landscape, specking red on farmhouse tile roofs and streaking purple highlights on cliffs and pine branches. Antiques: Patent Models, Roger Broders Posters, Meissen Porcelain 2011-12-08T22:10:53Z Charcuterie, cheeses, a speck sandwich, a Reuben pastrami sandwich, sorbets, beers and Austrian wines are on the menu. Park Slope, Brooklyn, Gets a Beer Garden Built Into a Garage 2020-07-07T04:00:00Z I followed her finger past the docks, along the mangroves, around a speck of land and to the nature reserve. Despite the Caribbean country’s name, Turks and Caicos is not a duo like Batman and Robin 2016-10-27T04:00:00Z The noisy salmon entree arrives in a fishy-smelling haze, overcooked, while the sliced steak needs every speck of its shimmering chimichurri to knock back. Review | A revamped restaurant concept is short on sizzle at R Family Kitchen & Bar 2018-02-01T05:00:00Z What I learned: 1. how to have an eating disorder and 2. if I ever stopped dancing, I would shrivel into another insignificant speck of normalness in the large universe of horribly normal non-dancers. Review | James Whiteside isn’t a typical ballet star, and his memoir isn’t a typical ballet story 2021-08-18T04:00:00Z Beautiful and poor in their near-total isolation, nothing changes on these palm-fringed specks that remained unconquered by the Portuguese colonizers until well into the 1930s. Into Africa: 6 Vacation Ideas From Our Experts 2015-10-23T04:00:00Z Photograph: Jonathan Lovekin for the Observer Muffins, speck and quince cream An adaption of the classic eggs Benedict. Nigel Slater’s breakfast smoothie and muffin recipes 2015-12-20T05:00:00Z Everything else is just static, everything else is just dancing specks of white and black skating on dead TV screens. Godspeed You! Black Emperor – the full transcript 2012-10-11T09:18:54Z The best bites here were the crunchy sauerkraut croquettes, stuffed with speck, Emmental cheese and topped with dill aioli. Outsize kitsch and beery revelry at Von Trapp’s 2014-02-05T23:10:44Z But the lives of lesser characters, even those who are specks at the periphery of the reader's vision, are also endlessly disrupted and twisted by sex. Julian Barnes: a tribute to Parade's End by Ford Madox Ford 2012-08-24T21:55:03Z The Chesapeake, North America’s largest estuary, marks the northern reaches of the fish’s range and speck numbers seem to peak in the hot, hazy days of August and early September. A Father-Son Fishing Trip on the Chesapeake Bay 2014-07-31T04:00:00Z The music, featuring Mr. McCraven with ace collaborators like the guitarist Jeff Parker and the vibraphonist known as Justefan, suggests an organic yet state-of-the-art melding of modern jazz and hip-hop, without a speck of compromise. The Playlist: Jay Z Sips Lemonade and Adele Divides and Conquers 2016-05-27T04:00:00Z “When you taste the coffee, it’s that speck of earth you’re tasting.” 2010-01-15T22:44:00Z The bees loom large, like creatures from some mutant planet; dangle together in a delicate chain; and fill the air, floating like unusually vivid dust specks. ‘More Than Honey’: A fascinating look at bees 2013-07-11T22:07:21Z Twelve nautical miles offshore, accessible by boat and hydrofoil, are the Tremiti Islands, specks of land surrounded by a wealth of sea life and a marine reserve of their own. 2010-01-09T01:05:00Z To a strong believer, God’s kingdom is the one that matters, and it is not of this world; America, from such a perspective, is just a tiny speck in a vast world unknowable to us. With God on Their Side: How Evangelicals Entered American Politics 2017-03-28T04:00:00Z The artichoke variant is enlivened with red-pepper olive oil, Parmesan flakes and speck. 36 Hours in Montpellier, France 2012-08-09T19:11:35Z I ended Lyin’ Ted, he’s just a microscopic speck to me; On Clinton, I’m performing a political mastectomy. Style Invitational: Put it in Bee-verse — write a spelling-word poem 2016-06-23T04:00:00Z “Each drop became a speck of light, known to us as a star,” Kurlansky writes. A History of Everything, Served in a Cold Glass of Milk 2018-07-23T04:00:00Z Early on, Wilczek quotes the 17th-century French physicist and philosopher Blaise Pascal’s lament, “The universe grasps me and swallows me up like a speck.” Electrons, Photons, Gluons, Quarks: A Nobel-Winning Physicist Explains It All 2021-02-08T05:00:00Z Think: truffle oil, dates and Italian speck prosciutto as toppings. Queen Margherita Neapolitan pizzeria worth a try 2011-12-01T21:50:05Z Bird, “just a girl in Park, Delaware,” can’t stop thinking about being a speck of cosmic dust. Preparing to Launch: Three Adolescents Count Down to Adulthood 2020-06-27T04:00:00Z The arts council will remain a speck in an overall general fund budget of about $115.3 billion. Budget agreement allocates $8.3 million to California Arts Council 2015-06-17T04:00:00Z Bizarrely, it also assumes a speck of intelligence in its audience. Will Deadpool lead to a deluge of hard-R comic book movies? 2016-02-18T05:00:00Z The town is part of the vast, largely Inuit territory of Nunavut, which has no roads linking other towns — specks on the tundra hundreds of miles apart. Making Art on Top of the World 2022-06-01T04:00:00Z I would feast on unadorned plates of cured meats: speck, prosciutto, culatello. Europe Issue: High-End Dining in Italy 2011-09-30T19:04:19Z It’s easy to miss Guatemala’s Caribbean coast, a speck of about 90 miles on its eastern border, book-ended by Belize and Honduras. An Eco-Tour of Guatemala’s Rio Dulce Region 2015-10-09T04:00:00Z Her reunion with Marie, a younger woman whose prison sentence was shorter and who has been free longer, had once seemed like “a speck in the distance.” | 'This Wide Night': Edie Falco and Alison Pill as Reunited Ex-Cons 2010-05-17T02:15:00Z To my surprise, standing there surrounded by hundreds of strangers, a speck in a sea of people, I understood that we are not necessarily diminished by coming together. Steven Levenson: The First Time I Attended a Political Protest 2017-03-14T04:00:00Z Much of the region was Austrian until annexation by Italy after World War I, and the distinctive local cuisine reflects these roots; expect lots of speck, sauerkraut, knödel and strudel. 36 Hours in the Dolomites 2018-08-30T04:00:00Z That was followed by a slightly smoky and aromatic plate of rough-cut papardelle noodles with porcini, chopped parsley and tiny slices of speck. 2010-01-23T05:45:00Z Slowly, just above floor level, two specks of light — eyes — begin to move noiselessly toward him. The 19th-century best-selling horror novel that isn’t ‘Dracula’ 2015-02-11T05:00:00Z She had dark hair, and specks of green in her eyes. The invention of Obama 2010-04-23T23:06:00Z To watch these warm specks of light lift out of the screen and float into the room in front of you is to experience the “Wow!” factor and a little something more. Video: 3-D Movies Are Taking a New Path 2011-09-09T15:00:00Z A speck of dust on a photographic negative will become a void on the enlargement, a white tumor on the print. What I remember about the dust 2021-09-11T04:00:00Z But at the Alexander Wang show this evening, there wasn’t a speck of foundation, eye shadow or lipstick anywhere in sight. | Stripped-Down Makeup at Alexander Wang 2013-09-08T00:54:13Z Anchors are molded on tiny bronze specks, the “widow’s mites” that the New Testament describes as gifts to charity from the desperately poor. Antiques: Hamilton Grange National Memorial Reopening in Manhattan 2011-09-01T22:05:43Z He talks of “amplifying” a speck of information here and there that would be helpful to the president’s campaign. Meet the GOP operatives who aim to smear the 2020 Democrats — but keep bungling it 2019-06-04T04:00:00Z Mercury, a humble, pocked sphere, was an animated speck streaking across the sun’s fiery face. Music Review: New York Philharmonic’s ‘The Planets’ Builds on Holst’s Work 2013-07-07T21:26:23Z It is as easy to put together as any type of cookie dough, but not a speck of sugar goes in. The Pecan Steps Off the Pie Plate 2016-11-04T04:00:00Z A bowl of tangy fermented lamb soup was silky and specked with kelp. In Faroe Islands, Fermentation Drives the Menu 2016-08-12T04:00:00Z One paper says, "I am a speck of dust"; the other, "The world was created for me." Sherie Rene Scott sings of 'Rapture' semi-stardom 2010-04-29T23:26:00Z Instead, consider the extraordinary moment when an overhead camera pulls back from two men — up and up, farther and farther — until they’re near specks, as if they were being cut down to existential size. Review: In ‘Creepy,’ a Cold Case Turns Red Hot, but Don’t Tell the Neighbors 2016-10-20T04:00:00Z For centuries, goats have ruled unmolested and hardly challenged over this peaceful speck of limestone surrounded by white sand and turquoise sea in the northeast corner of the Caribbean. Goats Rule on the Island of Anguilla 2015-10-09T04:00:00Z The spread that found two of us scraping every speck from its bowl is muhamarra, red bell peppers and toasted walnuts laced with sweet-tart pomegranate molasses. Review | Maydan is the gathering place we’ve been waiting for 2017-12-11T05:00:00Z Each time we homed in on a speck of sound in the chorus and matched it, we reinforced and extended it for the duration of one breath. Join a Musical Meditation Bringing Together Hundreds Worldwide 2020-04-03T04:00:00Z Flavor is achieved without a speck of butter. Review | Order from these three restaurants, and watch vegetables steal the show 2020-06-25T04:00:00Z A little speck of living thing in the vast living universe, he felt thoroughly akin to it all. Motherlode Blog: The New Reader’s Back-to-School Booklist 2013-08-21T13:56:02Z There isn’t any grit to these people or their art, not a speck of dirt anywhere. | ‘Rock of Ages': Review: ‘Rock of Ages,’ a Musical Starring Tom Cruise 2012-06-14T15:54:25Z As they left, Gladding wrote that the land was so flat and barren that “when we were 20 miles away, I could still see the ranch house, a tiny speck upon the horizon.” How America’s open road inspired three women of the 1910s 2015-04-16T04:00:00Z His parents are filthy rich and own a huge house, without a speck of dust... or any life. One Dog and His Boy by Eva Ibbotson - review 2012-06-22T08:00:00Z By the time the Roman agronomist Cato the Elder wrote his famous treatise on agriculture around 160 B.C., the techniques for salt-curing ham he describes were well established, the precursor of today’s prosciutto and speck. Yes, Ham Can Be a Surprisingly Easy Spring Project 2021-03-18T04:00:00Z Katchadourian, who grew up in Stanford, Calif., and spent summers with her mother’s family on a tiny “speck of an island” off Finland, says she is not much of a sailor. For This Show, the Artist Went Overboard 2021-02-05T05:00:00Z When you see Lawrence of Arabia growing from a speck as he rides toward you across the desert, are you thinking, "Look how slowly he grows against the horizon"? Roger Ebert: Why I Hate 3D Movies 2010-04-29T14:54:00Z She audits herself for some speck of dissatisfaction, arrives at an epiphany — one that might contravene any number of natural laws — and then extrapolates a set of rules and recommendations for all women. Naomi Wolf’s Career of Blunders Continues in ‘Outrages’ 2019-06-05T04:00:00Z Denver sprang up 155 years ago when prospectors hunkered down on the banks of the South Platte river near the Rocky Mountains to pan for specks of gold. Denver, Colorado: city of mile-high delights 2013-07-19T23:10:00Z At one meal someone accidentally spits a tiny speck of gristle into his eye and his vision is blurred for weeks. In New Memoirs, Food Writers Serve Up Stories About Their Beat 2019-12-09T05:00:00Z From the top, I had to crane my neck to make out the Lloyd's building, a mere speck way below. The Cheesegrater: Richard Rogers sprinkles the Square Mile 2013-06-16T17:00:01Z I watched a dozen inky black specks trek in a single file line with cake crumbs on their backs. How dogs rescued me from an eating disorder 2014-02-22T23:00:00Z Alone on a 30-foot sailing yacht, she is headed to Ascension Island, a mid-Atlantic speck roughly halfway between Africa and South America. ‘Styx’ Review: The Refugee Crisis as Moral Thriller 2019-02-26T05:00:00Z Terrible occurrences come in specks—sometimes clustered, more often mercifully spread out. Encounters with Shakespeare 2016-04-23T04:00:00Z His full beard lacks even a speck of gray, which helps him look a decade younger than his 50 years. The RZA has made some of your favorite music. Now he wants to help you find enlightenment. 2020-04-16T04:00:00Z A friend at the F.B.I. helped confirm every speck of this rust is exactly consistent with the contour of the fingerprint. It’s No Secret That Espionage Is This Collector’s Passion 2019-01-29T05:00:00Z She had specks of white paint on her cheek, and introduced herself as María Rosa López, a science student. What “Hamilton” in San Juan Means to Puerto Rico 2019-01-17T05:00:00Z Seconds later, my urine streams out, and there is a microscopic black speck floating in the bowl. I gave birth to a razor blade 2013-09-16T00:00:00Z That first day of driving, toward a speck of a town called Oye, took us over roads that cut through valleys. Exploring Norway’s Fjords by Car and Boat 2012-06-29T16:47:27Z It consisted of a room tiled entirely with squares of white paper embedded with little specks — dust, hair and what not — the stuff continually floating to earth all around us, every second of every day. 2 Art Gallery Shows to See Right Now 2020-10-21T04:00:00Z Rereading Woolf newly attuned to color, I notice that precise tints and hues daub nearly every paragraph: birds' breasts are "specked canary and rose," morning air is "grey-blue," brooches "sea-green." Confessions of a synesthete: What it's like experiencing the alphabet in full color 2020-02-16T05:00:00Z “Rapture” is itself, I guess, a speck, by the standards of a Broadway blockbuster, at least in size. Theater Review: Sherie Rene Scott: Semi-Star From Kansas 2010-04-30T02:27:00Z Whatever speck of animacy danced inside a fly, it was imperfectly drawn from its lowly genesis in muck, or smoldering waste. There Is So Much You Don’t Know About Being a Fly 2021-05-28T04:00:00Z A spokesman declined even to address it, responding, “I’d suggest ‘risotto with speck’ which is what reflects our local cuisine.” Smitten with summer fruit, a young man’s thoughts turn to . . . risotto? 2016-08-08T04:00:00Z The pasta that calls to me most when the thermometer goes south is pappardelle treated to a quilt of smoked bison bolognese and folds of pink speck. At Alphonse market and Nonna’s Kitchen, there are two sides to Italian cooking 2014-12-17T05:00:00Z This time Mr. McNamara pushed him to the break and then into his first solo wave, a little speck on a 10-foot board. A Small Child, a Big Board, on Oahu’s North Shore 2015-05-07T04:00:00Z It’s hard not to interpret the book, in which a big-hearted elephant vows to protect the microscopic inhabitants of a speck of dust, as an apology for his earlier prejudice. How Dr. Seuss Changed Education in America 2019-06-05T04:00:00Z His eyes glow manically as he discusses Anvil's rollercoast story, specks of spit firing from his mouth as he talks. Anvil: 'Don't worry, we can go a lot louder' 2011-07-21T14:04:17Z Treeless, serrated with dry waterfall gullies, it was dotted with white specks. Climbing the summits of Irish literature And, the wide wide world, where they are but a small speck, also needs to feature in their education. How to avoid raising bullies 2014-06-30T04:00:00Z This magnificently photographed movie includes shots in which the characters are mere specks in an ominous landscape of ice, rock, wind and fog; it is an environment in which people can easily go mad. Film: New Directors/New Films Offers ?I Am Love? 2010-03-30T21:33:00Z When they test the merchandise, Hopper gets a white speck on this moustache and he gives a tiny convulsion, part shiver, sneeze and semi-repressed giggle. Uneasy Rider 2010-05-30T17:40:00Z “I’m nervous, but the image of the pale blue dot gives me courage. I just think of the moment as something occurring in that small little speck.” A 19-Year-Old Pianist Electrifies Audiences. But He’s Unimpressed. 2023-05-09T04:00:00Z One of Nguyen’s first major solo works appeared in the 2017 Whitney Biennial: “The Island,” an apocalyptic video set in the speck of Malaysia his family had landed on when he was two. Making Art Out of Bombshells and Memories in Vietnam 2023-06-16T04:00:00Z Then my mother saw a speck of orange floating a long way off. The City at the Bottom of the Sea 2018-10-02T04:00:00Z In both, figures are reduced to specks or eliminated. Raymond Pettibon, Wielding an Art Mightier Than the Sword 2017-02-09T05:00:00Z “He’s like ‘I took a speck of dirt. More Than Mr. Britney Spears 2021-11-13T05:00:00Z A speck of volcanic rock in the South Atlantic some 1,200 miles west of the African coast, this British Overseas Territory is reachable by a five-day ship journey. 52 Places to Go in 2016 2016-01-07T05:00:00Z At this point I may have got a speck of dust behind my contact lens. Prunella Scales and Timothy West: Dementia won't break our 60-year love affair 2023-11-14T05:00:00Z Or would he always be on his own, a tiny speck in the middle of the ocean? I Survived the Shark Attacks of 1916 2010-09-01T00:00:00Z It took over an hour to get close enough for its infra-red camera to pick out a tiny speck, dwarfed by the roiling water. Migrants say 'Spain or death' as Senegalese navy tackles sea crossings 2023-11-04T04:00:00Z Reid was standing at the foul line and getting ready to shoot when he saw a red speck out of the corner of his eye. Bob Knight’s chair: college basketball’s classic furniture 2023-11-01T04:00:00Z Contained within are the five films in cases with black-and-white illustrated slipcovers and just a speck of color to make the monochrome imagery pop. Best 4K UHD horror movies: ‘The Exorcist,’ ‘Videodrome,’ ‘Poltergeist,’ ‘Swamp Thing’ and more 2023-10-26T04:00:00Z And those specks can move 10 times faster than a bullet. The "enshittification" of tech extends to space, too 2023-10-24T04:00:00Z As Voyager 1 raced past Neptune on its way out of the Solar System, it turned its cameras back towards Earth and photographed a tiny speck, gleaming in a sunbeam. How Would We Know There’s Life on Earth? This Bold Experiment Found Out 2023-10-18T04:00:00Z That's why snow peppered with dark specks melts faster than clean snow. Cleaner snow boosts future snowpack predictions 2023-10-13T04:00:00Z That allowed them to unravel the speck’s chemical make-up. Scientists winkle a secret from the `Mona Lisa’ about how Leonardo painted the masterpiece 2023-10-11T04:00:00Z “But there’s still some tiny screaming little speck of ego, which I think is in everyone, left over from earliest infancy, which is going, ‘Love me love me I want to be loved.’ A lightning rod in Australia, author Helen Garner is 80 and ready for your acclaim 2023-10-10T04:00:00Z A search online told him they were bedbugs and the specks of "mould" were their faeces. 'I've suffered from bedbugs for two years' 2023-10-07T04:00:00Z But the cream-filled doughnuts would be my choice, from the caffeine jolt I got after eating the coffee cream specked with ground beans to a milky, horchata-filled doughnut colored with fall spices. Try top-notch doughnuts and kebabs at strip malls in Lynnwood 2023-10-04T04:00:00Z Then, it clumps those thousands of specks of nucleic acids into nanoballs that are "large" enough to be detected. Scientists develop method to detect deadly infectious diseases 2023-09-19T04:00:00Z She watched the black speck of Juneau on the island for three hours, unable to reach her. How a small Washington town banded together to find a lost dog 2023-09-20T04:00:00Z It shows Vikram lander as a tiny speck in the centre of the image with "its dark shadow visible against the bright halo surrounding the vehicle". Chandrayaan-3: Nasa's lunar orbiter photographs India's Moon lander Vikram 2023-09-06T04:00:00Z The mission for the Ukrainian unit was to take a single house, in a village that is only a speck on the map but was serving as a stronghold for Russian soldiers. A Brutal Path Forward, Village by Village 2023-09-02T04:00:00Z Their goal was to leave no speck of human remains behind. The hunt for bones and closure in Maui's burn fields 2023-08-31T04:00:00Z The Kremlin walls and towers make visitors feel like tiny specks on Red Square. Nerves and patriotism in Moscow after 18 months of war 2023-08-30T04:00:00Z “The speck got bigger and bigger and then she was 30 feet in front of me,” Day said. How a small Washington town banded together to find a lost dog 2023-09-20T04:00:00Z From specks the size of dust grains to nubs as big as raisins, the farm produces about 1,000 pounds of seeds a year. This Thurston County farm helps restore prairies with native seeds 2023-08-18T04:00:00Z A few plants had half-hearted blossoms or specks of green, but Cornett pointed out the many bare, damaged limbs. Witness to the devastation in Joshua Tree National Park 2023-08-17T04:00:00Z Initially, whenever someone more experienced pointed out an overhead bird, I was lucky if I just saw a black speck. Heat, golfers and other obstacles to birding success 2023-08-12T04:00:00Z The crumbled morsels and small specks are light brown, contained in a clear plastic preservation bag. Artist Gala Porras-Kim wants to know: 'Can a museum be a cemetery? Or a Crate & Barrel?' 2023-08-09T04:00:00Z Back then, the internet was just a speck of the media companies’ businesses. Hollywood writers' strike hits 100-day mark, becoming one of the longest ever 2023-08-08T04:00:00Z People sunbathed on the reservoir's newly-exposed shore, where a few specks of grass have cropped up. Drought in Spain empties reservoirs, forces limits on water use 2023-08-08T04:00:00Z And the Voyager 1 mission captured the iconic photograph known as the “Pale Blue Dot,” which depicts Earth as a tiny speck against the vastness of space. NASA Detects 'Heartbeat' from Voyager 2 Spacecraft after Losing Contact 2023-08-01T04:00:00Z “There’s a little speck up there, but we usually still have some snow.” Controversial WA timber sale near Elwha River rankles conservationists, Port Angeles leaders 2023-07-30T04:00:00Z In the grand scheme of it all, a Matt Thaiss bases-loaded at-bat in the middle of a 3-0 loss is a tiny speck of dust in the universe of a baseball season. Angels crumble in critical moments vs. Pirates as winning streak ends 2023-07-23T04:00:00Z "I'm just this tiny little speck, on this huge planet." Drones are showing us sharks like never before 2023-07-20T04:00:00Z A 2021 United States Federation of Worker Cooperatives report estimated there were about 1,000 such businesses — a speck of the estimated 33 million small businesses nationwide. Column: Baristas in Redlands lost their jobs. Now, they co-own their shop 2023-07-14T04:00:00Z At the time, it looked like little more than a red speck. Earliest Merging Galaxies Discovered in New JWST Photos 2023-07-11T04:00:00Z The divers were specks out on the platform. A Rubik’s Cube, Thick Socks and Giddy Anticipation: The Last Hours of the Titan 2023-07-02T04:00:00Z Italian or Italian-style speck is somewhat similar to prosciutto but with a bit more oomph, seasoning and smokiness, and a bit denser. Cured: What you need to know about salumi (including salami) 2023-06-26T04:00:00Z This glimpse of such complete serenity brought me to my knees; I realized the potential of ice, and it crushed me to a humbled speck. Astrophysics and stale beer: What life is like working at the South Pole 2023-05-29T04:00:00Z And on Ragged Island, a speck of land off the coast of Cuba, the Rocky Mountain Institute helped create a solar micro-grid that powers every home on the island. In the Bahamas, a Constant Race to Adapt to Climate Change 2023-05-24T04:00:00Z A half bucket of material yielded 12 showy specks — nearly a tenth of a gram of gold, worth about $7 — about double the typical haul in previous years. Modern-day prospectors take notice as raging California rivers replenish historic Gold Rush spots 2023-05-22T04:00:00Z Right photo shows three modified leaves of the pitcher plant, which are green tubes with red specks and have a red rim forming the top opening. Fundamentals of Biology 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z But the theory is supported by not a speck of evidence. Column: How Trump's anti-science meddling erased 3 years of crucial COVID research 2023-05-12T04:00:00Z I glimpsed a speck near the horizon I thought might be the shattered crate. Astrophysics and stale beer: What life is like working at the South Pole 2023-05-29T04:00:00Z The magnificently creamy filling benefits from a custardy fullness, with eggs incorporated; the vanilla level is nice, and using real bean makes a detectable difference, with tiny specks visible. What Seattle pie could possibly be worth $55? Our critic investigates 2023-05-03T04:00:00Z A server erases any remaining specks of sauce or crab on the table with a wet cloth. Review | A top chef brings a sublime taste of Singapore to McLean 2023-04-28T04:00:00Z You practically need a microscope to see the ile flottante, a speck of a “floating island” summoned from meringue and freckled with candied rose and nuts. Review | Yet another French spot in D.C., Petite Cerise charts a personal course 2023-04-21T04:00:00Z There is not a speck of evidence for that. Column: How Trump's anti-science meddling erased 3 years of crucial COVID research 2023-05-12T04:00:00Z Two large, thin-cut rib-eye steaks, with rivers of fat running through their ruby-red muscles, are lounging atop the metal grate, not a speck of salt or pepper on either. Jongro Korean BBQ in Wheaton transports you to a simpler, meatier time 2023-04-17T04:00:00Z “As soon as the doors opened, I realized that that is just the tiniest speck of the people who want to be here.” Fans of women’s sports walk into a bar inspired by women’s sports 2023-04-09T04:00:00Z |
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