drizzle
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Thousands of protesters started gathering from early Monday, defying a steady monsoon drizzle and police barricades put up on routes leading to the site.
From Barron's ● Jul. 20, 2026
Large raindrops fall five times faster than drizzle.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 2026
A drizzle of good arbequina olive oil and few crackers.
From Salon ● Jun. 23, 2026
Packed with cookies, brownies, old-school sprinkle cakes or lemon drizzle, they are usually found in front gardens, on driveways or by the roadside.
From BBC ● Jun. 6, 2026
We file towards the front door, in the drizzle, the Guardians saluting.
From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood
You can add syrup drizzles on top, you can add soft-top cold foam.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 1, 2026
In a video uploaded to YouTube last year, home cook and food influencer Alexa Santos scores a wheel of brie, drizzles it with honey, and flips it into a hot cast-iron pan.
From Salon ● Aug. 19, 2024
Wednesday’s forecast look more like that typical June weather of overcast and drizzles.
From Seattle Times ● May 31, 2024
A chilly spring storm system moving into Southern California on Saturday was expected to bring drizzles by 3 p.m. followed by a quarter to half an inch of rain through Sunday.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 13, 2024
The sun was shining hot, like it thought it was still July, and November drizzles were a whole season away.
From "Okay for Now" by Gary D. Schmidt
“Meghan imagined what it would taste like to have a sage honey drizzled on her Thanksgiving turkey,” the newsletter revealed.
From MarketWatch ● Dec. 4, 2025
I added a little more butter, then, with a thrill of reckless curiosity, drizzled in maple syrup, white miso, red pepper flakes, fennel seeds and oregano, watching each addition dissolve and bloom.
From Salon ● Nov. 18, 2025
“Everyone likes a chicken sandwich,” he notes, but while older consumers still drink hot, black coffee, younger ones gravitate toward colorful energy drinks and iced concoctions that look perfect drizzled with caramel on TikTok.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2025
It’s also excellent drizzled over salads, used to sear steak, or tossed into a quick vegetable stir-fry.
From Salon ● Apr. 18, 2025
It drizzled a little, shone a little, blew a little, and didn’t make up its mind till it was too late for anyone else to make up theirs.
From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott
It was drizzling Saturday evening in Torrance outside the multi-gabled house with tall hedges house where Allen is believed to have lived.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 26, 2026
A rally this month organized by the graduate student union and faculty groups drew well over 100 people despite drizzling rain.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 2025
Extra virgin olive oil, for example, is packed with antioxidants and beneficial compounds but its low smoke point means it is better for salad dressings or drizzling over food rather than deep frying.
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2025
She starts by drizzling olive oil and sprinkling kosher salt on a slice of homemade sourdough before toasting.
From Salon ● Sep. 6, 2025
After the bus bounced back onto the road, Maribel just stood in the middle of the parking lot in the drizzling rain.
From "The Book of Unknown Americans" by Cristina Henríquez
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