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They all stood there staring, as if frozen to the spot.

But the spirit has shown an attachment to the spot.

They also compete with each other for the best spot of sunlight.

A lot of students want to work then, so it is really rare for us to have an open spot at that time of day.

But over and around the horses' outlines are multiple dark spots, daubed in disregard for the otherwise naturalistic representation of animals.

This hypothesis is attractive, because it fits with what we already know about plate tectonics and it fits what we know about some secondary smaller hot spots.

It's a lovely spot for a picnic.

I parked in a handicapped spot. I hope that's okay.

And that spot is colder or warmer than the surrounding environment because it's a microclimate.

Well, since cold air sinks and these spots are shaded, they are usually much cooler than the surrounding area.

Well, on a cold morning, it can warm itself by going to a sunny spot and lying in the sun, and later if it gets too hot, it can seek out a cool place in the shade.

To determine whether this was true, Kettlewell released thousands of light and dark moths (each marked with a paint spot) into rural and industrialized areas.

And Saturno notices that some of that discolorations located in exactly the spot where he found the pyramid temple.

So that's how we get a mascon, a spot in the crust with newer crust material that's more dense than the material all around it.

And the spot where the gravity readings are especially high...this is right in the middle of a 500-kilometer wide, circular ridge, what could be part of an old impact crater.

A second reason why function is harder to identify is that not all objects found in one spot can be assumed to have identical functions even if they look similar.

Plus, I wouldn't want to take a spot away from someone who really wanted to go to one of the other countries.

That’s about how high an object would have to be orbiting straight up from the equator to constantly remain directly above the exact same spot on the rotating planet Earth.

Instead of following the cattle on their annual migrations, the hunters began to prevent the herd from moving from one spot to another.

A volcano remains an active “hot spot” as long as it is over the plume.

For example, given the current position of the Pacific Plate, Hawaii is above the Pacific Ocean hot spot.

Vicenzo failed to spot the error.

So it’s hard to spot them by eye.

And they are easier to spot by eye.

Melanics were normally quickly eliminated in nonindustrial areas by adverse selection; birds spotted them easily.

You know, like nouns, to name the type of predator they spotted, adjectives to describe its size and shape, verbs..., but now it seems like...

When the difficulty really increased, when the screen filled up with letters, people got better at spotting the X’s and N’s.

Spots of rain had begun to fall.

Secure with a few spots of glue.

What about a spot of lunch?

Mr Brooke is undoubtedly in a spot of bother.

A year or two ago I found myself indulging in a spot of yachting in Finnish waters.

We've given all the club members tea, coffee and a spot of lunch.

She was wearing a red dress with white spots.

Unsuccessful at screen writing, he got a spot on a CNN film show.

Never squeeze blackheads, spots or pimples.

He's covered in spots.

We spotted the opposing team two goals.