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drizzle

[driz-uhl] / ˈdrɪz əl /


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“Chances for drizzle and light rain linger through Friday,” the agency said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026

She laughs: "Today it's drizzle and 13 degrees."

From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026

As for toppings, finish each bowl with a drizzle of olive oil or a dollop of Greek yogurt if you’re craving protein.

From Salon ● Jul. 25, 2026

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

The rain was still falling, a thin drizzle that traveled horizontally in the wind, soaking through his supposedly waterproof clothing, mixing with his sweat and his dirt, chilling him to the bone.

From "Stormbreaker" by Anthony Horowitz

You can add syrup drizzles on top, you can add soft-top cold foam.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 1, 2026

Excluding Saturday’s drizzles, downtown L.A. had seen 7.88 inches of rain since Oct.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 26, 2025

He clearly relishes soft playing, with sensitive effects of distant bells and moonlit drizzles in Messiaen’s “La Colombe” and “Le Nombre Léger,” and a murmured sotto voce in Chopin’s Op.

From New York Times ● Mar. 20, 2024

The resulting drizzles and smears around my station confirmed that I'm not destined for a new career, but the raw materials assured the final product would still be epic.

From Salon ● Aug. 13, 2023

The mountains of steaming basmati rice were capped with drizzles of saffron butter.

From "Everything Sad Is Untrue" by Daniel Nayeri

I ordered a stir fry of crab and broken rice with greens and yam that came topped with a fried soft-shell crab drizzled with shito, a Ghanaian chili sauce.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 2, 2026

“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

These oils are gorgeous drizzled over hummus, whisked into salads, or stirred with za’atar for a simple, perfect dip.

From Salon ● Dec. 4, 2025

By contrast, toxically naive Glinda is convinced that everyone could be kind if she drizzled them with honey.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 18, 2025

There was also sliced avocado drizzled with lime juice and three triangles of toast, already buttered.

From "Pet" by Akwaeke Emezi

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

The bones, wrapped up in a bundle like Santa Claus’ bag of toys, slapped up and down on the back of the priest who carried them, drizzling grease down his back.

From Slate ● Dec. 15, 2024

Here we are, two boys sitting in a cemetery as it begins drizzling, trading stories in my half-dug grave, as if we’re not dying today.

From "They Both Die at the End" by Adam Silvera




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