mist
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Thursday will start off chilly with mist and fog patches along with frost in places.
From BBC ● Oct. 6, 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
They finally hiked up from the mist and onto a mountain ridge.
From "The Wild Robot Escapes" by Peter Brown
She reaches for her portable fan which mists the air, as the air conditioning gets going.
From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026
But amid the ocean mists and old-growth forests, things don’t go as planned.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 7, 2026
Fair stands up from her chair, shakes the bottle and mists it over her head.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 25, 2025
The victories won by gladiatrixes like Achillia, meanwhile, are all but lost to the mists of ages.
From Salon ● Dec. 20, 2025
Floating through the red mists he could still see the strange mouse hard on his heels.
From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques
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
A misted half-moon had risen to the height of its arc by the time Tree-ear had swept the kiln entrance clear of ashes.
From "A Single Shard" by Linda Sue Park
With roasting summer heat reaching 95 degrees, event organizers set up misting fans and cooling buses to serve as a haven for festivalgoers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2026
You can buy fans that come with a misting device, she adds.
From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026
New York has designated hundreds of public buildings as cooling centers, extended public swimming pool hours, dispatched volunteers to check on vulnerable residents, and opened cooling stations with misting fans and wet towels.
From Barron's ● Jul. 2, 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
Water hits the wall and sprays up, misting my face.
From "Divergent" by Veronica Roth
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