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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

A sprinkle of lights strung along a distant shore.

From "Without Refuge" by Jane Mitchell

"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

Her name was her brand, and so, too, was her profile: the full bosom and tiny waist, platinum wig and baubles like sprinkles on an ice cream cone, 5 feet tall standing in five-inch heels.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 25, 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

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

I put my strawberry glazed with rainbow sprinkles on the counter.

From Absolutely Almost by Lisa Graff

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

Since the start of her campaign, Raman has sprinkled Spanglish into her speeches and sometimes offered whole sentences in softly accented, lightly stilted Spanish.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026

Written by Phoebe Eclair-Powell, it comprises three stories over six episodes, with a longer mystery running below and the halting romantic do-si-do sprinkled on top.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 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

As some men sprinkled dirt over Grandma Caye’s casket, I looked up at my mom, who had tears on her cheeks.

From "Courage to Soar" by Simone Biles

That possibility underscores why sprinkling in Crill’s winning factors could be useful.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026

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

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

From Salon ● Apr. 7, 2026

The technique involves attaching an original sketch to an adhesive backing, cutting it out, strategically sprinkling sand on the desired areas, then removing any misplaced grains one by one.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 25, 2026

A moment later, our friends felt the spray sprinkling against their bodies.

From "The Wild Robot Protects" by Peter Brown


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