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all over













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universally
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He told me the all-over skin laser treatment he's been having has reduced his skin age by 22 years, the greatest age reduction in any part of his body.

From BBC • Apr. 20, 2023

It's the perfect, just-set icing on top of pastries, cookies, and cakes at your favorite bakeries — perhaps most identified as the all-over glaze atop petit fours.

From Salon • Dec. 19, 2021

Rather than the all-over, canvas-filling brush strokes favored by other abstract painters, Mitchell’s works were looser, gathered away from the edges.

From New York Times • Sep. 2, 2021

“We wanted to focus on classic characters like Elmo and the Count and do an edgier all-over print.”

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 8, 2019

Her neck and wrists were bare, and her hair was a mess—a pile, an all-over glob of red curls.

From "Eleanor & Park" by Rainbow Rowell