few drops

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Higgs’s dashcam showed a few drops of rain hitting the windshield of his patrol car about an hour after police arrived.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 21, 2025

She also mixes crumbled bacon and a few drops of black truffle oil to the dish before baking it with a thick layer of freshly chopped bread crumbs.

From Salon • Nov. 26, 2025

By the time she died, Beth's bladder could hold no more than a few drops of liquid and she would frequently pass pieces of its lining in her urine - an intensely painful process.

From BBC • Oct. 25, 2025

A quick finger prick and a few drops of blood on a card that can be sent in regular mail.

From Science Daily • Nov. 18, 2024

Stammerers're usually too stressed to feel sorry for themselves, but a few drops of self-pity fell on me.

From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell