By the end of the meal Kavanaugh's map of L.A. had 12 red dots, representing the city's neighborhoods.

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Like measles, little red dots are stuck on some windows in our house.

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The three red dots, marked b, c and d, are exoplanets.

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It slipped enlarged photographs of the latent prints and the prints from Mr Mitchell into transparent plastic sleeves, and marked red dots on the sleeves to suggest which of Mr Mitchell's prints matched the latent ones and where.

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The same blue suit and red tie with tiny blue dots.

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