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drizzle

[driz-uhl] / ˈdrɪz əl /


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In a light summer drizzle, Chris and I planted the sequoia a few dozen yards from the other tree.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

Students cheered as they stacked rubbish bins against the entrance to a school outside Paris, while a speaker thumped out French rap to young people, teachers and parents mingling in the early morning drizzle.

From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026

I whisked the eggs and cream with garlic powder, onion powder, dried thyme, oregano, red pepper flakes, salt and pepper, plus a little drizzle of soy sauce.

From Salon ● Sep. 22, 2026

The southern half of the UK is likely to be more cloudy and have a muggy feel with the chance of light rain and drizzle.

From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026

It’s like a joke that as I bike home, the rain slows to a drizzle and stops completely as I pull alongside the back fence.

From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz

There's a saying in neighbouring Belgium: whenever it pours in Paris, it at least drizzles in Brussels.

From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026

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

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 1, 2026

I had to spice up the salsa with drizzles of Tabasco.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 19, 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

The rest of the Morning Announcements were as exciting as December drizzles, and maybe Mr. Guareschi knew that, because he said he wanted to conclude by reading a lovely note, from Mrs. Sidman.

From "The Wednesday Wars" by Gary D. Schmidt

Use it anywhere a little concentrated summer would be welcome: shaken into cocktails or mocktails, stirred into iced matcha or sparkling water, drizzled over gelato or spooned onto yogurt.

From Salon ● Aug. 16, 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

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

“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

She slathered them in peanut butter and drizzled dark Karo syrup on top.

From "Out of Darkness" by Ashley Hope Pérez

Then he goes outside after midnight — as firecrackers are going off and rain is drizzling — to jump rope.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 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

She ran down the street, through the blowing wind and drizzling rain and darkness to her own house.

From "The Honest Truth" by Dan Gemeinhart


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