spatter

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In Alameda County, inspectors found weld spatter waste, which sometimes contains copper, along with paint mix, used wipes with primer and other hazardous waste dumped into ordinary trash containers at Tesla’s Fremont factory.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 2, 2024

In the defense’s defense, there isn’t strong physical evidence—blood spatter on clothing, fingerprints or footprints, or a definitive murder weapon—tying Alex Murdaugh to the killings.

From Slate • Feb. 27, 2023

They also say that documents turned over by prosecutors in discovery suggest that the areas of the shirt where blood spatter could have been present tested negative for blood.

From New York Times • Jan. 23, 2023

Bite marks, hair follicles, roadside drug tests, written statements, polygraphs and blood spatter have all been analyzed with techniques that were later called into question.

From Salon • Nov. 22, 2022

A soft spatter sounds from Willa’s bedroom window.

From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin