mist
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Campbell said immediately after the incident it was as if "the red mist lifted" and he and Turner went into a nearby common room and sat down at a table.
From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026
With help from Berkeley undergraduates, Vazquez traveled throughout the region, setting up mist nets over streams, ponds and rivers at night.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 12, 2026
The local Shizuoka government and official mountain guides posted video clips and photos from the mountain Thursday morning, showing access roads and gravel trails covered with dense mist and rain.
From Barron's ● Sep. 10, 2026
Use a spray bottle, for example, to mist water directly onto a person’s face, neck and forearms, he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
It was there coming up over the hill, even though ragged bits of mist still hovered over the fields, and the cliffs were hidden under a cover of gray.
From "Nory Ryan’s Song" by Patricia Reilly Giff
In the Colosseum, cooling fans with mists have been set up in the entrances.
From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026
We will start having many different types of bottles for fine fragrance mists.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026
The victories won by gladiatrixes like Achillia, meanwhile, are all but lost to the mists of ages.
From Salon ● Dec. 20, 2025
That’s in part thanks to companies riding a wave of greater interest and offering more formulations and types of packaging, such as body mists and travel sizes, that are often cheaper.
From MarketWatch ● Dec. 12, 2025
The sky is cloudless except for the far-off mists over the mountains Imbabura and Cotacachi.
From "The Queen of Water" by Laura Resau
Diane Kostka planted a sign at each checkpoint for her husband and son and misted them with a spray bottle.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 27, 2025
That means not throwing them straight into the produce drawer, and instead storing them in a misted, sealed bag.
From Science Magazine ● Jan. 23, 2024
He watched me holding her and his eyes misted with happiness.
From New York Times ● Jan. 13, 2023
Like other houseplants, a tree will appreciate being misted, though be careful about mixing water with strings of electric lights.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 23, 2022
The pane misted over, and she couldn’t see anything but herself reflected as if she sat outside in a little snowy room.
From "Miracles on Maple Hill" by Virginia Sorensen
He also recommends misting your skin with a spray bottle — “like a bottle you use to spray your plants with” — every five or so minutes, keeping your skin visibly wet.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026
"Sweating and misting work in the same way, which is also why it's comfortable and cooler to be near a fountain or open body of water," she says.
From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026
The Rajasekhar family raised their arms in front of the giant misting machine opposite the Colosseum in Rome.
From Barron's ● Jun. 30, 2026
Other restoration efforts include the implementation of an anti-fire misting system beneath the cathedral’s roof and the recreation of the original cross.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 13, 2024
It was barely misting now; Alice was going to be right.
From "Twilight" by Stephenie Meyer
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