sprinkle
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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
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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
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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
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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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