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squirt

[skwurt] / skwɜrt /


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Dr Martyn Kurr, a marine biologist from Bangor University told BBC News that non-native or "biofouling" species, like the carpet sea squirt, can outcompete native wildlife for valuable nutrients.

From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2026

At highway speeds, the sedan’s sharp reflexes and deep reserves of squirt create significant moral temptation.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 25, 2026

A squirt of dish soap, a cup of hot water, a few pulses, a quick brush.

From Salon ● Apr. 21, 2026

Unlike the sea squirt, both the lamprey and the frog produced many more versions of proteins from individual signaling output genes.

From Science Daily ● Feb. 4, 2026

Killer Kane just looks at the squirt gun.

From "Freak The Mighty" by Rodman Philbrick

“I had found my drink, my happy place,” said Benson, who over time perfected his order: seven pumps of chai concentrate, seven squirts of sugar-free vanilla syrup.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026

Sea squirts are invertebrates, making them useful for identifying differences between animals without backbones and those with them.

From Science Daily ● Feb. 4, 2026

You can also add a few squirts of TJ’s Sriracha Sauce, just before adding the seasoning packet, for a spicy kick.

From Salon ● Aug. 22, 2025

To construct a house, the Vulcan II squirts out layer after layer of the house’s walls onto the base.

From NewsForKids.net ● May 10, 2024

The man snorts and squirts a stream of brown saliva toward the great beast.

From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen

In a few seconds the CrossWave had squirted to its top speed of 55 mph and was skipping across the gentle swells in a blaring, brutalizing ecstasy.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2026

Bemused couples sitting in street cafés got squirted with water pistols and a luxury clothes store was pasted with stickers declaring the tourists who'd shut themselves inside unwelcome.

From BBC ● Jun. 16, 2025

The ball squirted some 20 yards into Bills territory and was recovered by Nick Herbig at Buffalo’s 33.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 15, 2024

This new fabrication process utilizes a technique called multimaterial extrusion 3D printing, in which several materials can be squirted through the printer's many nozzles to build a device layer by layer.

From Science Daily ● Dec. 11, 2023

Water squirted up through the cracks, tiny geysers until Alfhercht could press them back down.

From Anya and the Nightingale by Sofiya Pasternack

For days before his PortaSplit arrived, he had resorted to squirting water on his face to keep cool at home.

From BBC ● Jul. 16, 2026

Frustrated locals have often staged protests around it, sometimes squirting tourists with water guns.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 7, 2026

They ranged from multiple 24-second violations to lost rebounds to a ball squirting through James’ hands.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 26, 2025

A team led by the University of Oxford has solved a mystery that has intrigued scientists for centuries: how does the squirting cucumber squirt?

From Science Daily ● Nov. 25, 2024

She dreaded the sudden appearance of a thread of water squirting from the glove, the telltale of a leak, a sign that her life was over.

From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston


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