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to wet or soil by striking with something liquid or mushy
vehicle after passing vehicle bespattered the sides of my once-clean car with that wintry slush
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Verb
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The Brown University grad, who clearly inherited his blue eyes from Parker, wore a graphic T-shirt and paint-splattered pants as well as a tank top for the photo shoot.—
Hannah Malach,
InStyle,
2 June 2026 -
The money sets the stage for a potentially lopsided battle of opposing world views splattered across social media platforms and print mailers or expressed at doorsteps, as the campaigns seek to compel the citizenry to vote in the June primary.—
Jennifer Van Grove,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
27 May 2026
Adjective
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The frame structures already standing would hold stained glass in the finished church for a congregation that formed in the 1890s.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
2 June 2026
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Sprinkle borax into the toilet bowl, focusing on stained areas.—
Louise Parks,
Martha Stewart,
2 June 2026
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Then, after banking as neatly as a flight of fighter planes, the flock of 20 mallards splashed down just out of range of our shotguns.—
Anton Money,
Outdoor Life,
4 June 2026
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Nearby, a little girl splashed in the fountain beneath the landmark flagpole overlooking South Livermore Avenue.—
Martha Ross,
Mercury News,
4 June 2026
Adjective
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The decor is sophisticated with gold and cream accents, leather bed heads and flecked carpet.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
1 June 2026
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The rock was streaked in a range of colors—red, green, purple, and blue—flecked with poppy-seed-like dots and decorated with what the Perseverance scientists compared to dull yellow leopard spots.—
Jeffrey Kluger,
Time,
1 June 2026
Verb
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In front of the memorial, a small gray cat sits in the rain before wandering to the front door of the gray and white home, curling near the entrance where blood had been spattered just weeks earlier.—
Alaa Elassar,
CNN Money,
10 May 2026
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In the den, blood was found spattered on the walls and computer desk.—
Evy Lewis,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Mar. 2026
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“Bespattered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bespattered. Accessed 7 Jun. 2026.
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