splatter
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The remarkable Ms. Weaving is a contender for Australian Scream Queen, but few would expect Mr. Segel, a Judd Apatow mainstay, to star in a splatter comedy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026
He noted the amount of paint splatter on Islas was uncommon for the weapon’s marking cartridges.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 19, 2026
With the horror space as saturated as it is, a growing audience craves senseless splatter films.
From Salon ● Feb. 26, 2025
There was no trace of Yablonka, including any blood splatter.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 30, 2023
Raindrops splatter on the leaves of the stalks all around him, splashing into his eyes, but he does not care.
From "First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers" by Loung Ung
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Barn cats have been infected by drinking H5N1-infected milk that splatters around during the milking process.
From Salon ● Apr. 30, 2025
From the crevice of his ear to the shoelaces on his Converse sneakers, he’s covered entirely in unintentional paint splatters.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 8, 2024
The splatters emphasized the pair’s vision for a band teetering between the beautiful and the grotesque.
From New York Times ● Mar. 21, 2024
Next comes the primal sight - a full and swinging delivery from Wood that splatters the stumps.
From BBC ● Jul. 6, 2023
It has all sorts of colorful paint designs on it: paint splatters, handprints, circles, hearts, rainbows.
From "A Soft Place to Land" by Janae Marks
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Three years ago, FX’s “The Bear” splattered across our screens and made it impossible to look away.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 27, 2025
Mohammad Rizwan had his stumps splattered by Carse and Abrar was absent from the ground, yet the prospect of a four-day finish literally slipped through England’s fingers.
From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2024
The trailers, crafted by Pierson and her wife, have their own unique 70s-era decor that includes yellow and orange curtains, bright furniture and color walls including one splattered with orange lava lamp shapes.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 3, 2024
A video posted on the X social media platform shows two men covered in reddish-pink powder standing in front of the equally splattered horizontal glass case that houses the Constitution.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 14, 2024
His clothes were torn, burned, and splattered with monster slime.
From "The Son of Neptune" by Rick Riordan
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"There are thousands of them together, all coughing and splattering," Bamford said, adding that the seals are also particularly "snotty".
From Barron's ● Nov. 13, 2025
Cross reaped her rewards with accuracy while Filer rushed the batters for pace, having Leah Paul caught behind, inducing a miscued pull shot from Rebecca Stokell and splattering Arlene Kelly's stumps with a yorker.
From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2024
Removing the moisture minimizes splattering as they fry.
From Washington Times ● Sep. 12, 2023
More than a dozen protagonists jostled against one another in a colonial gold mining town in 1860s New Zealand, kicking up dust, splattering guts and digging up the earth to make its riches their own.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 3, 2023
Kutti shook raindrops off his coat, splattering the mother’s sari.
From "The Bridge Home" by Padma Venkatraman
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