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spray

[sprey] / spreɪ /




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Four allegations relate to the use, or apparent use, of incapacitant spray.

From BBC Sep. 14, 2026

Sea spray, clouds, and snow all look intensely white because their structures scatter visible light extremely efficiently.

From Science Daily Sep. 10, 2026

Use a spray bottle, for example, to mist water directly onto a person’s face, neck and forearms.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 8, 2026

Jurgen Klopp's entire Liverpool gameplan relied on his ability to step into the middle and spray passes around... albeit from a starting position of right-back.

From BBC Sep. 8, 2026

Crashing waves sent poison sea spray into the air.

From "The Wild Robot Protects" by Peter Brown

Buying candles, diffusers and room sprays "can help create a warm, cosy atmosphere, especially as we move into the colder months".

From BBC Aug. 26, 2026

A former electrical engineer who moved from his native Kentucky to take a defense job, Montgomery founded the company in 2023 with an eye toward getting pesticide sprays out of suburban yards.

From Barron's Aug. 7, 2026

WSJ | Buy Side: Get a summertime glow, no matter the season, with these expert-recommended self-tanning mousses, sprays and drops.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 28, 2026

Nadira Goffe argues that watching the film in 4DX—which features, among other things, scents, moving chairs, and sprays of water—is the superior way to experience the epic adventure.

From Slate Jul. 28, 2026

I turn the spigot and Ray sprays the garage door and the corner of the garage roof hard for several minutes.

From "The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman" by Gennifer Choldenko

“I kind of sprayed the ball a little bit,” Skubal said after a 6-5 win over Kansas City in his Dodger Stadium debut.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 11, 2026

Dozens of the black and blue pillars have been sprayed since they began sprouting earlier this year.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 6, 2026

Anti-guga hunt graffiti was sprayed on walls at NatureScot's headquarters in Inverness in February, and was followed by a rooftop protest in March.

From BBC Aug. 3, 2026

Garden hose in hand, Georges Clivaz sprayed water along a road leading to his property in Saint-Jean-d'Illac in Gironde as the blaze burned a few kilometres away.

From Barron's Jul. 27, 2026

She bought books and sprayed herself with unfamiliar perfume in duty-free.

From "Genuine Fraud" by E. Lockhart

The process involves spraying particles such as silver iodide and salt from aircraft to produce rainfall, but depends on clouds being present.

From Barron's Aug. 11, 2026

In Barcelona—which last year received nine times as many tourists as it has residents—protesters took to spraying water on tourists.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 10, 2026

Even before the incident with Verstappen, Russell was afflicted on his final run by a water leak, which was spraying water on to his rear tyres.

From BBC Jul. 25, 2026

Every summer, lawns fill with colorful "silly sprinklers," whose looping and twisting tubes send water spraying in unusual patterns.

From Science Daily Jul. 17, 2026

But the words were coming out of him like the water spraying from a broken fire hydrant in summer, and he could not have stopped them if he had tried.

From "American Gods" by Neil Gaiman




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