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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

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

Powerful, quick and with a sprinkle of star dust that is Luis Diaz.

From BBC ● Jun. 18, 2026

Jiichan used the spoon to sprinkle some inago into his bowl.

From "A Place to Belong" by Cynthia Kadohata

"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

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

Others suggest jazzing up plain pizza with sprinkles of oregano, red pepper flakes and umami seasoning.

From Salon ● May 30, 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

We weave in and out of tables and as we draw to the front, a silence sprinkles over the room, until the voices are nothing more than a low buzz of questions.

From "Dumplin'" by Julie Murphy

A pop record sprinkled with golden age Hollywood glamour, it beat the likes of Sir Paul McCartney, Olivia Dean and Jade to scoop the £25,000 prize.

From BBC ● Oct. 22, 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

These systems have tics—em-dashes sprinkled everywhere, flattery, frequent resort to antithetical contrast—repeated until they become wallpaper, but the problem is greater than that.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026

And who knew that 19th-century San Francisco socialites ground up iridescent abalone shells and sprinkled them on their invitations?

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026

But instead, Violet, Klaus, and Sunny found that fresh raspberries had been sprinkled on top of each of their portions.

From "The Bad Beginning" by Lemony Snicket

Despite a sprinkling of votes for other players, Myha'la became the second casualty of the episode.

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026

Baltimore used to address its vacant issue on a citywide basis, sprinkling funds across neighborhoods.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 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

At first it was just sprinkling, and the rocks and cliff mostly protected us.

From "We Were Here" by Matt De La Peña


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