sprinkle
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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
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
They said bye to Tess and as the rain began to sprinkle down, Ernie and Genie scrambled back up the hill.
From "As Brave As You" by Jason Reynolds
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"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
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
Ice cream parlours have previously pointed to the mounting costs of ingredients like sprinkles and cocoa powder which have hit the industry.
From BBC ● May 23, 2026
One wears sprinkles like confetti or a glaze sticky as the night and waits under hard light at an airport coffee counter.
From Salon ● Feb. 5, 2026
Miss Gordon gave doughnuts to the losing team, too, but the winners got the ones with the chocolate sprinkles.
From "Out of My Mind" by Sharon M. Draper
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Paintings by Rembrandt and from his studio are sprinkled throughout.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
A peak of pop excess, Raye's second full-length album is a 73-minute melodrama, sprinkled with golden age Hollywood glamour, show-stopping ballads, tongue twisting wordplay and genre smashing handbrake turns.
From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026
People sprinkled cat litter, got mats out of their own vehicles to place under the tires.
From Slate ● Jul. 27, 2026
He had always been a good student, securing almost all A’s with a few Bs sprinkled in.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 26, 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
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Spiegel says they brainstorm ideas for actors and themes based on what’s in the zeitgeist, tying the stories to specific moments in pop culture, then sprinkling in some evergreen stories throughout the year.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 16, 2026
This is how you prevent the flat, powdery taste that comes from sprinkling seasoning over finished sauce.
From Salon ● Apr. 7, 2026
She mastered the social and political media by not being boring, sprinkling her views with salty talk and a sassy smile.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 5, 2026
A court upheld a ban on people sprinkling salt outside their homes and businesses.
From Barron's ● Feb. 5, 2026
Bloom shifted, rustled, tapped his pipe out into his palm; the ashes made a sprinkling noise going into the wastebasket.
From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols
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