sprayed

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Wearers, often young men, get people to sign fake petitions or retail workers to smell candles sprayed with bad odours.

From BBC • May 13, 2026

While washing food can remove most of the chemicals, direct exposure from inhaling Roundup while it’s sprayed on crops likely carries a much higher risk.

From Salon • May 1, 2026

The farmers did what they always did: They sprayed and sprayed, chemicals and pesticides, stuff so powerful that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the U.S.

From Slate • Apr. 20, 2026

Tom and Eleni then sprayed the fire with garden hoses to prevent the blaze from spreading to the home until the fire department arrived.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026

“She thinks someone sprayed insecticide in her apartment, Nia. She gets paranoid.”

From "It’s Kind of a Funny Story" by Ned Vizzini