spray
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The storm will also bring wet and windy weather across the whole of the UK on Saturday with poor travelling conditions expected due to surface water and spray on faster roads and motorways.
From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026
Several then entered, one spray painting an anarchist "A" symbol on an inside wall, before police intervened to disperse them.
From Barron's ● Oct. 17, 2026
Supermarket staples like cleaning spray aren’t usually impulse buys.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026
It has an anchor locker, for heaven’s sake, a wash-down spray hose and a nightclub-caliber sound system that I doubt is Audubon-approved.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2026
Even when I pressed down on the button to start the spray, I still didn’t know.
From "Linked" by Gordon Korman
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To examine what happens under realistic conditions, the researchers tested scented conventional liquid products as well as botanical-containing disinfectant sprays and wipes inside a model home on Purdue's campus.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 26, 2026
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 Labrador sprays his friends with water soaked into his fur from the bone-shaped pool.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 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
If we are troubled by mosquitoes, chiggers, or other insect pests on our persons we have a choice of innumerable lotions, creams, and sprays for application to clothing or skin.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
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Scented cleaners release terpenes when fragrance compounds evaporate from sprayed droplets or cleaned surfaces.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 26, 2026
A woman sprayed each of us with rose essential oil to help with grounding.
From Slate ● Sep. 22, 2026
The image of Mourinho celebrating as the sprinklers sprayed across the pitch became iconic, a lasting symbol of his unforgettable 2010 triumph with Inter.
From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026
In Stourbridge near the UK's second largest city of Birmingham, smoke rose from smouldering ruins of several roofless houses as firefighters sprayed water on the wreckage Friday.
From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026
Mist sprayed high into the air and then drifted down.
From "The Wild Robot Protects" by Peter Brown
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The Brazilian changed the face of English football with his footwork, spraying short and long passes across the pitch, and there are few keepers who can come close to matching that.
From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026
A third firefighter was injured by what he said felt like an electric shock while he was on an aerial ladder spraying water onto the building.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2026
Routine tasks such as mopping floors, spraying countertops, and wiping surfaces with scented products generate billions or trillions of particles, with the total depending on the product.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 26, 2026
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
We kept on walking through the maze of green, brown, and orange, the weird shapes and smells, sprinklers misting over the flowers, people in green suits spraying and trimming.
From "The Boy in the Black Suit" by Jason Reynolds
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