mist
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Her energy rises and falls alongside the mysterious mist, which has engulfed the city and brought whispers of a mysterious ancient entity lurking in its haze.
From Salon ● Aug. 17, 2026
“We call it a beauty mist, but it’s used Ayurvedically to cool down the body,” she says.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026
Nottingham Forest's home shirt is inspired by the mist that rolls in from the River Trent.
From BBC ● Aug. 9, 2026
The historic El Escorial monastery -- a major tourist attraction -- was shrouded in a grayish, smoke-filled mist.
From Barron's ● Jul. 25, 2026
Then, abruptly, the mist began to drift apart, dissipating into nothingness.
From "Half Upon a Time" by James Riley
She reaches for her portable fan which mists the air, as the air conditioning gets going.
From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026
Recent discoveries about similar art-filled caves in France suggest that our ancestors were creating more than murals and pointillism beneath the primordial mists.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 23, 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
Colour and scent and sound, rain and the lapping of water, even the mists of autumn and the smell of the flood tide, these are memories of Manderley that will not be denied.
From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier
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
MAUZÉ-SUR-LE-MIGNON, France — Wearing bulletproof vests and carrying guns, the gendarmes appear suddenly in the middle of farm fields misted by morning rain.
From New York Times ● Nov. 27, 2022
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
“I get to stand here by myself and be misted on.”
From "The Mysterious Benedict Society" by Trenton Lee Stewart
Lineage must operate an odor-neutralizing misting system around the warehouse and any openings.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 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
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 "pop up" cooling stations with misting fans and wet towels.
From Barron's ● Jul. 1, 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
We kept on walking through the maze of green, brown, and orange, the weird shapes and smells, sprinklers misting over the flowers, people in green suits spraying and trimming.
From "The Boy in the Black Suit" by Jason Reynolds
