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

He also noted that the police had for months wrongly believed that blood spatter had been found on Mr. Murdaugh’s shirt, when, in fact, more rigorous tests taken later showed no blood.

From New York Times • Mar. 2, 2023

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

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

The light swept across the surface, making a spatter of ink- gold splotches before it stopped, abruptly.

From "The Secret Life of Bees" by Sue Monk Kidd