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as in splash
a very small amount
money doled out in driblets to the workers
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Noun
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Or, add a downspout splash block or a longer downspout hose to direct water away from your home's foundation.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
Southern Living,
7 Mar. 2026 -
The best part of the whole look is the splash of green from the flag patch.—
Johnny Flores Jr,
New York Times,
6 Mar. 2026
Noun
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There’s always a bead of sweat running down his forehead.—
Lily Ford,
HollywoodReporter,
10 Mar. 2026
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Five bears were stationed in the river, waiting like revelers at a Mardi Gras parade, eager for a string of beads.—
Kim Cross,
Travel + Leisure,
10 Mar. 2026
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Serve the sandwiches with frozen French fries jazzed up with bits of parsley, coarse salt, black pepper, and parmesan shreds.—
Tribune Content Agency,
Baltimore Sun,
4 Mar. 2026
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With tears stains on her shirt, Guthrie posted a new video Tuesday morning to increase the reward money from $100,000, saying their family was clinging to the smallest shred of hope that their mother would be returned to them safe.—
Cheyenne Roundtree,
Rolling Stone,
24 Feb. 2026
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Inspired by both pre-Columbian cultures and modern scientific theories, Jensen made energetic diagrams of shapes, symbols, and numbers in loud complementary colors, using thick globs of paint; the results generate a fascinating friction.—
Brian Seibert,
New Yorker,
6 Feb. 2026
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With just a pea-size glob of scat, biologists can genetically decode which individual whale produced the sample.—
Kelso Harper,
Scientific American,
16 Dec. 2025
Noun
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The possibility of playing sports, an idea presented to him during rehab, provided a glimmer of hope.—
Nicole Acevedo,
NBC news,
7 Mar. 2026
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The audience gets glimmers of Katie and Greg’s relationship, but the show is bogged down by dull characters like the policeman who seems to have it out for Greg, and even by its focus on Archie’s point of view, which is just a depiction of narcissism and a formulaic pseudo-midlife crisis.—
Aramide Tinubu,
Variety,
5 Mar. 2026
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The loud lime shade is fitting for a vibrant party, while the wax construction prevents drips, so the area stays clean and safe all night.—
BestReviews,
Mercury News,
11 Mar. 2026
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Apply the fertilizer to the tree’s drip line.—
Lauren Landers,
Better Homes & Gardens,
11 Mar. 2026
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These benefit from a sprinkling of grass seed to fill the gap.—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
7 Mar. 2026
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Elote slathered with kewpie mayo, lime, chile, cotija and a sprinkling of furikake.—
Linda Zavoral,
Mercury News,
6 Mar. 2026
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Or, more perilously, watching for behaviors indicating that urination was imminent and catching droplets streaming down from the chimps overhead into a plastic bag stretched over a forked branch.—
Ari Daniel,
NPR,
9 Mar. 2026
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The virus spreads via respiratory droplets and saliva through coughing, sneezing, talking or sharing eating utensils.—
Tanya Lewis,
Scientific American,
6 Mar. 2026
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“Driblet.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/driblet. Accessed 13 Mar. 2026.
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