as in wetting
to make or become slightly or moderately wet
her forehead gently bedewed with perspiration
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What sold me on the Shapton set was the process of wetting the whetstones.—
Jesse Raub,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
30 Sep. 2025 -
Increase the resistance on this exercise by wetting the towel first.—
Aubrey Bailey,
Verywell Health,
8 Sep. 2025
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These include motorsport-grade wiring looms, reinforced GNSS and 5G antennas, new alternators, and vibration-damping systems to protect sensitive electronics.—
Kapil Kajal,
Interesting Engineering,
21 Nov. 2025
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Suspension duties come courtesy of a Marzocchi setup that takes care of compression and rebound damping separately at both front and rear.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
4 Nov. 2025
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The checklist for cleaning the kitchen was probably just washing dirty dishes, wiping down countertops, and mopping the floors.—
Elizabeth Brownfield,
Southern Living,
7 Jan. 2026
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Maintain good foot hygiene by washing feet at least daily.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
The Spruce,
7 Jan. 2026
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Scrub with a toilet brush, then wait six minutes before flushing again.—
Mary Cornetta,
Better Homes & Gardens,
4 Jan. 2026
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Liberation movements were like chemotherapy, flushing our systems to reboot their chemistry at the cellular level.—
Syda Segovia Taylor,
Chicago Tribune,
4 Jan. 2026
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The best way to prevent them is to always dry your sink after rinsing it.—
Daley Quinn,
Southern Living,
6 Nov. 2025
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If their numbers are small, rinsing your daylilies with a strong blast of water from your garden hose is often sufficient to get rid of them.—
Lauren Landers,
Better Homes & Gardens,
5 Nov. 2025
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Mandatory overtime and stagnating wages were other factors dampening morale, which has gotten even worse now that controllers are not being paid at all.—
Joel Rose,
NPR,
5 Nov. 2025
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Moreover, persistent uncertainty is also dampening economic activity.—
Chloe Taylor,
CNBC,
16 Oct. 2025
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“Bedewing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bedewing. Accessed 11 Jan. 2026.
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