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
I was skeptical when I first came across a recipe for dates generously filled with slivers of butter, finished off with a sprinkle of flaky sea salt.
From Salon ● Jul. 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
On top of the mixture, sprinkle your grated cheese.
From Each Little Bird That Sings by Deborah Wiles
Cake crumbles, graham-cracker crust toppings and star-spangled sprinkles are a whole other challenge.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 6, 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
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
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
Pumpkin-colored sprinkles cascade down my legs and skid out across the floor.
From "Invisible Inkling" by Emily Jenkins
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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
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
“To small communities sprinkled throughout the country, including in Ohio, you’re not alone. We’re united. And in those states in which you have the direct democracy route, go for it.”
From Salon ● Jul. 9, 2026
She turned over the bottle of cold water and sprinkled the inside of my wrist.
From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago
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Others were seen sprinkling water to cool them.
From Barron's ● Apr. 22, 2026
"The star has so little carbon that it suggests an early sprinkling of cosmic dust is responsible for making it," said Ji.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 4, 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
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
The rain was a misty sprinkling on her skin.
From "Shadowshaper" by Daniel José Older
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