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[splash] / splæʃ /




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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

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

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

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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