Black horizontal line

Last week I bought a 2013 macbook air and already in the last few days I've had a couple of occasions where I saw a a few black horizontal lines across the screen.  Last time it happend for a couple of seconds when the laptop was coming back up from sleep.  Is this normal? Or should I take it back to get it swapped?

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It is better to return and get a new one without problems.
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