| Acne spot |
Wall Street Journal |
02 Feb 2026 |
| Pimple |
Universal |
19 Jan 2026 |
| Skin blemish |
LA Times Daily |
07 Jan 2026 |
| Uncomfortable spot |
LA Times Daily |
04 Jan 2026 |
| Unwanted skin eruption, informally |
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| Teen blemish |
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| Pimple |
Universal |
22 Sep 2025 |
| Pimple |
Commuter |
19 Sep 2025 |
| Pimple |
Commuter |
12 Aug 2025 |
| Pimple |
New York Times |
24 Jul 2025 |
| Pimple |
Commuter |
09 Jun 2025 |
| Pimple |
USA Today |
28 Apr 2025 |
| Tough spot for a teen? |
New York Times |
27 Apr 2025 |
| Acne pimple (3) |
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| Bit of acne, slangily |
|
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| Spot of acne |
|
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| Pimple patch target |
Universal |
29 Jan 2025 |
| Stridex target |
Wall Street Journal |
21 Jan 2025 |
| Teen blemish |
|
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| Target of a cover-up? |
|
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| Target of a yearbook portrait touch-up |
Universal |
02 Jan 2025 |
| Pimple |
Commuter |
17 Oct 2024 |
| A spot (sl) (3) |
|
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| Bit of acne |
|
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| Pimple |
Universal |
09 Sep 2024 |
| Skin woe |
Thomas Joseph |
21 Aug 2024 |
| Photo retoucher's focus, perhaps |
New York Times |
13 Aug 2024 |
| Bit of acne |
New York Times |
06 Aug 2024 |
| Target of benzoyl peroxide |
New York Times |
01 Aug 2024 |
| Pimple (colloq) (3) |
|
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| Spot musical instrument lady's abandoned |
|
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| Facial blemish |
|
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| It might be too on the nose |
|
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| Pimple, informally |
Wall Street Journal |
15 Apr 2024 |
| Teen's skin blemish, slangily |
|
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| In-your-face annoyance? |
|
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| Target of Dr. Pimple Popper |
|
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| Unwanted skin eruption, slangily |
|
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| Facial blemish - slang (3) |
|
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| Teen blemish |
|
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| Pimple, informally |
Thomas Joseph |
21 Nov 2023 |
| Teenager's unwanted skin eruption, slangily |
|
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| Clearasil target |
LA Times Daily |
05 Nov 2023 |
| Skin blemish, slangily |
New York Times |
16 Oct 2023 |
| Minor blemish |
New York Times |
14 Oct 2023 |
| Unwanted spot, informally |
New York Times |
02 Sep 2023 |
| Teenager's bane, slangily |
|
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| Sore spot, perhaps |
New York Times |
29 Apr 2023 |
| Mighty Patch target |
New York Times |
20 Apr 2023 |
| Pimple |
Canadiana |
20 Mar 2023 |
| Acne spot, informally |
New York Times |
29 Jan 2023 |
| Pimple |
USA Today |
23 Oct 2022 |
| Clearasil target |
Universal |
21 Sep 2022 |
| Skin eruption |
|
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| Acne spot |
|
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| Uncomfortable spot |
LA Times Daily |
31 Dec 2021 |
| Facial mark that's often popped |
|
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| Unsightly spot |
New York Times |
03 Oct 2021 |
| Teenager's skin woe |
|
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| Spot stringed instrument without her |
|
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| Skin eruption |
|
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| Bit of acne |
USA Today |
11 Jun 2021 |
| Bit of acne |
Universal |
06 Jun 2021 |
| Proactiv target |
The Washington Post |
17 May 2021 |
| Proactiv target |
LA Times Daily |
17 May 2021 |
| It might be right under your nose |
New York Times |
27 Mar 2021 |
| Far from a popular spot |
New York Times |
12 Mar 2021 |
| Spot head of zoo taking computer studies |
|
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| Teen's woe |
New York Times |
27 Dec 2020 |
| Bit of acne, slangily |
|
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| Skin eruption |
|
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| Clearasil target, slangily |
|
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| Teen blemish |
|
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| Teenage eruption |
Wall Street Journal |
13 May 2020 |
| Pimple |
The Times Concise |
19 Apr 2020 |
| Manhattan, e.g.: Abbr |
New York Times |
02 Apr 2020 |
| Clearasil target, in slang |
New York Times |
02 Mar 2020 |
| Bit of acne, slangily |
|
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| Pimple |
Premier Sunday |
05 Jan 2020 |
| Clearasil target |
LA Times Daily |
01 Dec 2019 |
| Clearasil target |
The Washington Post |
01 Dec 2019 |
| Promgoer's concern |
The Washington Post |
10 Nov 2019 |
| Promgoer's concern |
LA Times Daily |
10 Nov 2019 |
| Skin woe |
Thomas Joseph |
07 Nov 2019 |
| Proactiv target |
Universal |
12 Sep 2019 |
| Clearasil target |
Universal |
10 Jun 2019 |
| Bit of acne, slangily |
|
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| Pimple |
Universal |
29 Apr 2019 |
| Temple spot, say? |
New York Times |
02 Mar 2019 |
| Facial blemish |
|
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| Spot at the prom? |
LA Times Daily |
10 Feb 2019 |
| Spot at the prom? |
The Washington Post |
10 Feb 2019 |
| Clearasil target, informally |
USA Today |
07 Feb 2019 |
| Strings player cancelling her top spot |
|
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| Oxy target |
Universal |
17 Jan 2019 |
| Benzoyl peroxide target, informally |
New York Times |
16 Jan 2019 |
| Face difficulty? |
New York Times |
12 Jan 2019 |
| Face difficulty? |
|
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| Clearasil target, informally |
|
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| Benzoyl peroxide target, informally |
|
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| Spot at the prom? |
|
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| Proactiv target |
|
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| Oxy target |
|
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| Clearasil target |
|
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| Temple spot, say? |
|
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| Pimple |
|
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| Tiny source of teen angst |
LA Times Daily |
24 Dec 2018 |
| Tiny source of teen angst |
The Washington Post |
24 Dec 2018 |
| Stridex target, informally |
USA Today |
22 Dec 2018 |
| Subject of a spot check? |
|
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| Subject of a spot check? |
New York Times |
12 Dec 2018 |
| Teen's bane and skin trouble, informally |
|
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| Complexion woe |
USA Today |
19 Oct 2018 |
| Epidermal flaw |
The Washington Post |
27 Sep 2018 |
| Epidermal flaw |
LA Times Daily |
27 Sep 2018 |
| Unsightly spot |
New York Times |
23 Sep 2018 |
| Promgoer's woe |
Wall Street Journal |
29 Aug 2018 |
| Unwanted spot, slangily |
|
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| Teen's blemish |
USA Today |
06 Jun 2018 |
| Bit of acne |
New York Times |
07 May 2018 |
| Clearasil target, slangily |
USA Today |
25 Apr 2018 |
| 25-Down unit |
New York Times |
06 Apr 2018 |
| Slang for a small skin break out |
|
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| Bad mark? |
Wall Street Journal |
15 Feb 2018 |
| Teen blemish |
|
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| Complexion woe |
|
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| Clearasil target |
|
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| Epidermal flaw |
|
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| Proactiv target |
|
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| Tiny source of teen angst |
|
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| Stridex target, informally |
|
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| Teen's blemish |
|
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| Teen blemish |
The Washington Post |
01 Jan 2018 |
| 25-Down unit |
|
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| Bit of acne |
|
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| Teen blemish |
LA Times Daily |
01 Jan 2018 |
| Unsightly spot |
|
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| Promgoer's woe |
|
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| Clearasil target, slangily |
|
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| Unwanted blemish, informally |
USA Today |
28 Dec 2017 |
| Problem before a big date, informally |
New York Times |
20 Dec 2017 |
| Acne spot |
Jonesin |
21 Nov 2017 |
| Facial blemish |
|
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| Stridex target, informally |
New York Times |
08 Oct 2017 |
| Something expunged from a selfie with Photoshop |
The Chronicle of Higher Education |
22 Sep 2017 |
| Undesirable spot |
The Chronicle of Higher Education |
15 Sep 2017 |
| Slang word for a spot or pimple |
The Telegraph General Knowledge |
23 Jul 2017 |
| Bad spot |
New York Times |
10 Jun 2017 |
| First date concern |
LA Times Daily |
15 Apr 2017 |
| First date concern |
The Washington Post |
15 Apr 2017 |
| Clearasil target |
USA Today |
06 Apr 2017 |
| Something expunged from a selfie with Photoshop |
|
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| Bad spot |
|
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| First date concern |
|
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| Unwanted blemish, informally |
|
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| Undesirable spot |
|
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| Stridex target, informally |
|
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| Problem before a big date, informally |
|
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| Teen's skin woe |
Premier Sunday |
25 Dec 2016 |
| Teen blemish |
New York Times |
06 Dec 2016 |
| Stridex target |
Wall Street Journal |
11 Oct 2016 |
| Oxy target |
Wall Street Journal |
07 Oct 2016 |
| Spot of acne |
LA Times Daily |
05 Sep 2016 |
| Bit of acne, informally |
New York Times |
22 Aug 2016 |
| It makes for zero sex appeal |
|
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| Skin blemish |
LA Times Daily |
15 Jun 2016 |
| Reason for adolescent angst |
LA Times Daily |
28 Jan 2016 |
| Bad spot for taking prom pictures |
New York Times |
13 Jan 2016 |
| Bad spot for taking prom pictures |
|
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| Spot of acne |
|
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| Skin blemish |
|
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| Reason for adolescent angst |
|
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| Teen blemish |
|
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| Bit of acne, informally |
|
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| Nose flaw |
Premier Sunday |
06 Dec 2015 |
| Undesirable spot |
Wall Street Journal |
03 Dec 2015 |
| Teen's facial blemish |
New York Times |
31 Aug 2015 |
| High schooler's bad mark? |
|
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| Undesirable spot |
|
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| Nose flaw |
|
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| Thing popped preemptively on prom night, perhaps |
|
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| Teen's facial blemish |
|
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| Teen spot? |
|
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| Retin-A target |
|
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| Embarrassing spot? |
|
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| Facial flaw |
|
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| Homecoming queen's nightmare |
|
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| Concealer target |
|
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| Nose marrer |
|
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| Bad mark in high school |
|
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| Unwanted spot, slangily |
|
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| Clearasil target |
|
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| Unwanted spot, in slang |
|
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| Temple imperfection |
|
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| Oxy 5 target |
|
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| Acne spot |
|
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| Skin cream target |
|
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| Teenage bane |
|
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| Bad spot for a teenager? |
|
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| Bad mark? |
|
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| Acne bit |
|
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| Skin cream target |
|
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| Proactiv target |
|
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| Embarrassing eruption |
|
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| Complexion spoiler |
|
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| Complexion spoiler |
|
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| Small blemish, in slang |
|
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| Minor eruption |
|
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| Unfortunate eruption |
|
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| Bad mark in school? |
|
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| Acne spot |
|
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| Nightmare on prom night |
|
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| Clearasil target |
|
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| Teen omen |
|
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| ZENMED target |
|
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| Teenager's spot? |
|
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| Teen omen |
|
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| ZENMED target |
|
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| Bit of acne, slangily |
|
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| Clearasil target, informally |
|
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| Spot concealed by makeup, maybe |
|
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| Target of some makeup |
|
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| Bit of acne |
|
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| Skin blemish |
|
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| Mark of a flawed kisser |
|
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| Bump on the head |
|
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| Pimple |
|
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| Pimple |
|
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| Bad spot for a date? |
|
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| Clearasil target |
|
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| Acne spot |
|
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| 19-Across unit |
|
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| Acne spot |
|
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| Promgoer's concern |
|
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| Differin target, slangily |
|
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| Teenage spot? |
|
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| Pimple |
|
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| Problem for one with 26-Down |
|
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| Proactiv target |
|
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| Accutane target, slangily |
|
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| Whitehead, e.g. |
|
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| Pussy thing on a puss |
|
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| Blemish |
|
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| Not a good spot for a date? |
|
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| Promgoer's concern |
|
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| Not a good spot for a date? |
|
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| Blemish |
|
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| Benzoyl peroxide target |
|
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| Common spot for teens |
|
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| It may be popped |
|
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| Benzoyl peroxide target |
|
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| It's sometimes right on the nose |
|
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| Benzoyl peroxide target |
|
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| Proactiv target, informally |
|
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| Clearasil target |
|
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| Spot for skin cream |
|
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| Benzoyl peroxide target |
|
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| This gets popped when it pops up |
|
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| Promgoer's woe |
|
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| Proactiv target |
|
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| Spot for skin cream |
|
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| Single outbreak |
|
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| It might be right under your nose |
|
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| Troubling spot |
|
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| Face flaw |
|
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| Troubling spot |
|
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| Teenager's blemish |
|
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| Trouble spot? |
|
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| Teeny popper? |
|
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| Pimple |
|
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| Clearasil target |
|
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| Teen trouble spot? |
|
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| Teen trouble spot? |
|
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| Oxy target |
|
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| Teen woe |
|
|
| One may pop up in high school |
|
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| Blemish, slangily |
|
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| Oxy-5 target |
|
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| Teen trauma |
|
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| Teen woe |
|
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| Mug imperfection? |
|
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| Blemish, in slang |
|
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| Unpopular spot |
|
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| Teen's embarrassment |
|
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| Clearasil target, slangily |
|
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| Clearasil target, slangily |
|
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| Facial feature, sometimes |
|
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| Facial flaw |
|
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| Face flaw |
|
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| Prom-night trauma |
|
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| Promgoer's worry |
|
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| Bad mark for a teen? |
|
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| Teen's trouble |
|
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| Bad mark? |
|
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| Blemish on the skin |
|
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| Red spot? |
|
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| Whitehead |
|
|
| It's got a red head |
|
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| Red mark |
|
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| Accutane target |
|
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