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sprinkle

[spring-kuhl] / ˈsprɪŋ kəl /


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Katie: I’ve seen brands sprinkle those old marketer favorites—surprise and delight—across Reddit, direct-messaging fans for gifting and giveaways.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 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

It’s beginning to sprinkle, so Maxine turns the wipers on the lowest speed and I watch the water disappear and come back again.

From "Piecing Me Together" by Renée Watson

"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

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

As ever, best known for its jam, sells products including rosé wine, teas, shortbread cookies and flower sprinkles.

From BBC ● Mar. 6, 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

It's covered with sprinkles and it takes a lot of self-control not to dip my finger into it for a taste.

From "The Sky at Our Feet" by Nadia Hashimi

Later in the record, on “How Love’s Supposed to Go,” he begins the song with clipped phrases sprinkled with funky accents in another luxurious rhythm that almost sounds like a classic sample.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 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

Musically and vocally gifted, they wring harmonies and beats from an assortment of instruments, mixing genres and styles with an eloquence that surpasses the exposition sprinkled into the lyrics.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026

Then he cut up the meat, and sprinkled salt over the pieces as he laid them on a board.

From "Little House in the Big Woods" by Laura Ingalls Wilder

Lev Sercarz suggests adding it to eggs or sprinkling it on raw vegetables.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 16, 2026

Peppers followed, along with a healthy sprinkling of spices.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 22, 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

He followed behind Liz, carefully sprinkling red and blue star sprinkles on top of the cupcakes she’d just iced.

From "From the Desk of Zoe Washington" by Janae Marks




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