splashy
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All of those splashy moves to acquire Stafford and the rest had cost the Rams all of their early picks—in fact, they wouldn’t get to pick in the first round for seven straight years.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
But the run-up to the splashy preview has been potentially overshadowed by a string of apparent leaks which appear to show footage of GTA 6 in action.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
The point of these splashy redesigns is always to tie back to something more intrinsic to the company, though.
From Slate ● Aug. 21, 2026
The Sex Pistols headlining the Palladium in New York City or the Agora in Cleveland wouldn’t have made splashy headlines.
From Salon ● Aug. 10, 2026
They reach both shores, but within a minute the surface is glass again, the sneaker’s splashy entrance forgotten, and I am minus a shoe.
From "The Adoration of Jenna Fox" by Mary E. Pearson
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While the home served as Gomez’s primary residence for several years, she and her husband have since moved on to an even splashier dwelling.
From MarketWatch ● May 18, 2026
The unwritten rules: the bigger, the louder, the splashier, the starrier, the better.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 27, 2025
The Dodgers, of course, could have made splashier adds at the deadline.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 8, 2025
In general, cold water sounds brighter and splashier, while hot water sounds duller and frothier.
From New York Times ● May 9, 2024
That’s still possible, even without the splashier names.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 2, 2022
His splashiest play Thursday was a 37-yard scramble through the middle of the San Francisco defense.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026
Although the PC chip entry was the splashiest announcement at Computex for Nvidia, it is an unproven market.
From Barron's ● Jun. 5, 2026
Brunson’s wasn’t even the splashiest purchase in New York that year: A few months before the Knicks spent $104 million on him, Christie’s sold a Warhol at an auction for almost $200 million.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 2, 2026
The splashiest email was sent by Epstein to Ghislaine Maxwell—you may have heard of her—in 2011.
From Slate ● Nov. 13, 2025
“When I see what this team is capable of, it’s pretty awesome,” Hernandez said after the Mariners traded for him in their splashiest offseason acquisition.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 7, 2023