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sprinkle

[spring-kuhl] / ˈsprɪŋ kəl /


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A highlight: watching Tinkerbell sprinkle pixie dust on his infant twins during an evening parade.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 20, 2026

Full of pace and dynamism with Luis Diaz as a sprinkle of stardust.

From BBC ● Jul. 4, 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

Now I get mostly B’s, with a sprinkle of C’s, except for English.

From "I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter" by Erika L. Sánchez

I’ll add orange and espresso to that, and sometimes I’ll have them put sprinkles on top because sprinkles are amazing.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026

"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

Dubbed dot cakes, they start with boxed cake mix to make the base and double down on that nostalgic flavor with store-bought frosting and sprinkles.

From Salon ● Jun. 14, 2026

He dismissively compares the building to a mona de Pascua, an Easter cake decorated with colorful sprinkles.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 7, 2026

Is Gillicut going to come and demand his sprinkles, like before?

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

Articles about AI are sprinkled with metaphors that evoke frightening cinematic images.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026

Tail Town’s main room is filled with stacked cat beds, an exercise wheel, two huge rectangular storage benches sprinkled with doughnut-shaped beds, and cat-themed art on the walls.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026

Some attendees opted to hang out at one of the many picnic tables sprinkled around the venue.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026

Coconut shavings are sprinkled above the top two slices, in wide crescents that look like eyebrows.

From "I Can Make This Promise" by Christine Day

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

For instance, it was Toby who suggested that they march around the altar, beating their chests and sprinkling their heads with ashes and wailing.

From "The Egypt Game" by Zilpha Keatley Snyder


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