splatter
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The remarkable Ms. Weaving is a contender for Australian Scream Queen, but few would expect Mr. Segel, a Judd Apatow mainstay, to star in a splatter comedy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026
“That way if anything does splatter, at least it will hit our chef jacket.”
From Salon ● Mar. 25, 2025
County next Tuesday and Wednesday and predict that this will be a heavier rainfall than the splatter over the weekend.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 29, 2025
There was no trace of Yablonka, including any blood splatter.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 30, 2023
I took the mirror and pointed to a splatter of black dots near my temple.
From "Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World" by Malala Yousafzai
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Barn cats have been infected by drinking H5N1-infected milk that splatters around during the milking process.
From Salon ● Apr. 30, 2025
For all its lavishly detailed smashes and splatters, “Crush!” contains not one representation of something a human might use an iPad for; it contains no humans, full stop.
From New York Times ● Jun. 6, 2024
Next comes the primal sight - a full and swinging delivery from Wood that splatters the stumps.
From BBC ● Jul. 6, 2023
Thomas says a backsplash can add visual interest to your kitchen and protect your walls from spills and splatters.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 9, 2023
She wears the plastic gloves that come in the box and there are black splatters in surprising places for weeks after.
From "A Heart in a Body in the World" by Deb Caletti
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His custom designs range variously include the Miesha name, a half-lady ghost-butterfly, splattered imagery, quotes in cursive and barbed wire lettering.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 5, 2026
He watched firefighting helicopters and airplanes make laps past thick red streaks of fire retardant splattered on mountainsides.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 14, 2024
A video posted on the X social media platform shows two men covered in reddish-pink powder standing in front of the equally splattered horizontal glass case that houses the Constitution.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 14, 2024
Mirzapur in Uttar Pradesh, as described by the magazine in 1975, had "a dusty, crowded cow-dung splattered bazaar, small stucco houses and a social hierarchy as rigid and fierce as the summer heat".
From BBC ● Dec. 27, 2023
A thick glutinous liquid splattered onto the office floor.
From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling
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"There are thousands of them together, all coughing and splattering," Bamford said, adding that the seals are also particularly "snotty".
From Barron's ● Nov. 13, 2025
But for those not yet comfortable with high-heat cooking, this can lead to issues — like smoke filling your kitchen or, worse, a fire from oil or fat splattering in the pan.
From Salon ● Feb. 21, 2025
Removing the moisture minimizes splattering as they fry.
From Washington Times ● Sep. 12, 2023
More than a dozen protagonists jostled against one another in a colonial gold mining town in 1860s New Zealand, kicking up dust, splattering guts and digging up the earth to make its riches their own.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 3, 2023
It burst on the ground, splattering egg all over the snow.
From "Case of the Sneaky Snowman: Nancy Drew and the Clue Crew, #5" by Carolyn Keene
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