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spray

[sprey] / spreɪ /




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Serve with lightly sweetened orange-zest whipped cream — homemade or straight from the spray can.

From Salon Aug. 16, 2026

Lineage has already deployed odor-control spray systems, industrial air scrubbers, and fly and rodent traps.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 5, 2026

Military-grade mosquito spray, with its odor of kerosene and bad cheese, perfumed the air.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 4, 2026

When the wine was of poor quality or the weather hot, soldiers would dilute -- or "spritzen" or spray in German -- their drink with sparkling water.

From Barron's Jul. 29, 2026

Jackson screamed as a blast of freezing water exploded underneath him, a spray so powerful it rocketed him up out of the pit.

From "I Survived the Great Alaska Earthquake, 1964" by Lauren Tarshis

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

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

In many outbreaks, contaminated water used for irrigation or agricultural sprays has been identified as a likely source, he added.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 17, 2026

She sprays “XO Kylie” across the billboard, gets back in her car, and leaves.

From Salon Jul. 2, 2026

She danced all the way, snatching little sprays of green food from the hedges as she went, and every eye that saw her stared with astonishment.

From "Mary Poppins" by P. L. Travers

The techniques vary: either seeding rockets are burned to release a plume of particles, or the saline solution is sprayed directly into the cloud for greater precision.

From Barron's Aug. 12, 2026

“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

Fifteen elephants found dead in southern Kenya outside the Amboseli National Park are suspected to have been poisoned by eating tomatoes that had been sprayed with pesticides on nearby farms.

From BBC Jul. 30, 2026

The storage bricks will provide industrial heat once again as the beer is pasteurized, and steam is sprayed over the bottles to kill microorganisms.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 17, 2026

While the general listened to a briefing in a nearby tent, Caputo and his men sprayed water into the trailer.

From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin

In the southern city of Yangsan, where the mercury hit a historic high of 42.5C on Sunday, fleets of sprinkler trucks have been roaming the streets, spraying water onto sun-baked roads.

From BBC Aug. 7, 2026

Photos posted to Telegram by the state emergency service showed firefighters spraying water into what appeared to be a residential building.

From Barron's Aug. 1, 2026

Barcelona residents took to spraying tourists with water guns as Airbnb rentals exacerbated a housing shortage.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 20, 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

I looked at the swimming pool, at the fountains spraying mist into the air, making a rainbow in the sunset.

From "The Sea of Monsters" by Rick Riordan




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