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sprinkle

[spring-kuhl] / ˈsprɪŋ kəl /


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Pour it in a pretty bottle, sprinkle some social-media buzz and you have a product that’s as much about joining a cultural moment as it is about the water itself.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026

It’s also his first record sung predominantly in Spanish — along with the occasional sprinkle of English and Korean.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 25, 2026

During a red alert -- the highest level -- the ministry advises people to eat light, stay indoors in the hottest parts of the day and sprinkle themselves with cool water.

From Barron's ● Jun. 23, 2026

The result is crusty, chewy and deeply satisfying — exactly the kind of bread that begs for a puddle of olive oil and a sprinkle of flaky salt.

From Salon ● Jun. 22, 2026

She has silver glasses and a sprinkle of freckles across the bridge of her nose.

From "Sparrow" by Sarah Moon

"If you start out with pure vanilla ice cream but start mixing in sprinkles soon after, it won't be long until you can no longer find any pristine, plain, vanilla ice cream," Zhu said.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 2, 2026

"There's been a shift lately in adding whimsical elements to your everyday, with things like sprinkles on matcha, yoghurt bowls and desserts."

From BBC ● Jun. 19, 2026

Knicks Fever has also upended the city’s food scene, causing a run on blue-and-orange dyes, sprinkles and other decorative instruments of culinary science.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 13, 2026

The emoji-filled caption accompanies a slideshow of photos featuring Cuoco, Pelphrey and their 3-year-old Matilda posing with a cake that is pink on the inside and covered in rainbow sprinkles.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 11, 2026

I think I’ll go for a walk down to the other end of the counter, see what’s doing with the sprinkles.

From "Invisible Inkling" by Emily Jenkins

The Hill Country’s accommodations for travelers have largely consisted of small inns and B&Bs sprinkled throughout rural towns.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026

Coltrane is also deeply interested in the Buddhist principles of karma and dharma, or the moral duties and obligations to a right way of life, which are sprinkled throughout the novel.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026

Others like Roy Francis beforehand, Johnny Freeman, and Colin Dixon, also became established names, but never quite sprinkled the same stardust as Sir Billy.

From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026

These systems have tics—em-dashes sprinkled everywhere, flattery, frequent resort to antithetical contrast—repeated until they become wallpaper, but the problem is greater than that.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026

Aloe spooned out some buljol on a plate, sprinkled finely chopped shadowbeni as a garnish, and handed it to Jam.

From "Pet" by Akwaeke Emezi

Mix together a beloved film simmering for decades, a sprinkling of social media hype and a generous glug of star power and you just might conjure up the long-awaited sequel to Practical Magic.

From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026

Lev Sercarz suggests adding it to eggs or sprinkling it on raw vegetables.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 16, 2026

Others were seen sprinkling water to cool them.

From Barron's ● Apr. 22, 2026

This is how you prevent the flat, powdery taste that comes from sprinkling seasoning over finished sauce.

From Salon ● Apr. 7, 2026

Frank asks, sprinkling salt over the yellow muck.

From "A Bird Will Soar" by Alison Green Myers


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