sprinkling
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Despite a sprinkling of votes for other players, Myha'la became the second casualty of the episode.
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 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
It was like somebody sprinkling pepper on his wound: Thousands of Biafrans were dead, and this man wanted to know if there was anything new about one dead white man.
From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
But one factor is that many vaccine-related conspiracy theories contain sprinklings of truth.
From New York Times ● May 25, 2022
Any that are found must come from geologically recent sprinklings.
From Science Magazine ● Jul. 15, 2021
In both cases, however, there were sprinklings of truth inserted in the fakes in order to scare journalists off calling them fabrications and to lure people into line-by-line debates that distract from the larger issues.
From Salon ● Mar. 26, 2019
The sprinklings most common in Seattle aren’t going away, according to Rufo-Hill.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 3, 2018
It had a dirt floor packed down from many water sprinklings, and its walls were smooth-plastered adobe.
From "Bless Me, Ultima" by Rudolfo Anaya
