splash
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According to the model, a fast-moving jet of quarks should disturb the surrounding plasma and leave a wake behind, causing the material to ripple and splash.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 6, 2026
The "hit show" Celebrity Traitors has brought a smile back to contestant Maya James after her "split from footballer Ruben Dias", the Daily Star says in its front page splash.
From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026
In summer, mine is a pan of roasted red onion, red pepper, squash and eggplant, marinated while warm in olive oil, herbs and a splash of red wine vinegar.
From Salon ● Sep. 14, 2026
A green velvet sofa that the actress brought with her from a previous home adds a splash of color to the otherwise polished space.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 8, 2026
As we reassemble the three postcards, warm droplets of rain splash onto my head and drip down my neck.
From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller
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He made one of the biggest splashes in the Lakers’ first preseason game.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2026
One of my brothers splashes vinegary house hot sauce into the spicy.
From Salon ● Oct. 7, 2026
The observations provide the first direct evidence that quark-gluon plasma responds to fast-moving particles as a unified fluid, producing waves, splashes, and swirling motion instead of simply behaving as a collection of independently scattering particles.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 6, 2026
The Daily Mirror splashes on a "war of words" and "Earl's astonishing claims" after excerpts were released.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
I need to wake myself up with a few splashes of water on my face.
From "A Place at the Table" by Saadia Faruqi and Laura Shovan
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He looked right back in rhythm when he splashed the tying three with 4:06 remaining in the fourth quarter and pushed his palms toward the ground to quiet the crowd.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 25, 2026
As a child, Franzoy often went tubing on the river or splashed with playmates in gurgling irrigation canals.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026
An astronaut crew that carried out an eight-month mission aboard the International Space Station splashed down as planned Thursday off the coast of California.
From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026
A picture of Kemi Badenoch behind DJ decks at the Tory conference is splashed across the front page of the Daily Telegraph.
From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026
They both splashed into it and it spread out into a stream again.
From "Healer of the Water Monster" by Brian Young
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On September 28, SpaceX's Starship megarocket reached orbit for the first time and deployed 26 Starlink satellites before splashing down in the Pacific -- a milestone for the rocket central to Musk's Mars ambitions.
From Barron's ● Oct. 18, 2026
I probably wouldn’t start splashing vinegar into a delicate seafood bisque.
From Salon ● Oct. 5, 2026
However, SpaceX decided to end the flight early, with Starship’s upper stage splashing down in the Pacific Ocean after about three hours.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 28, 2026
The Dream led by as much as 42 points, with Angel Reese splashing 18 first-half points.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026
Pleasant Pond was a vacation spot—we could hear the happy shrieks of children splashing and swimming perhaps a hundred yards away—though we couldn’t see anything of the lake through the trees.
From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson
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