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as in splashes
a very small amount
money doled out in driblets to the workers
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Noun
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Those bright white tees seem to be absolute stain magnets attracting coffee drips, spaghetti sauce spots, and salad dressing splashes.—
Melissa Locker,
Southern Living,
13 Oct. 2025 -
Inventive prop makers undoubtedly experimented with other stand-ins for blood over the centuries, like splashes of red paint.—
Mark Hay,
Popular Science,
9 Oct. 2025
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The same thing goes for the kinds of shells that people made into beads.—
Ari Daniel,
NPR,
8 Oct. 2025
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The handcrafted accessory is made of colorful beads decorated with a dog, lock, flower, and more — all of which are seemingly personal details, according to Steenburgen’s caption.—
Bailey Richards,
PEOPLE,
8 Oct. 2025
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Deputies observed a trail of blood droplets in the living room leading to a bedroom, according to the affidavit.—
Christine Pelisek,
PEOPLE,
14 Oct. 2025
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Glass water repellent acts as a protective barrier that causes rain droplets or water to roll away instead of drying and sticking to your glass (then causing those annoying spots).—
Ashlyn Needham,
Southern Living,
11 Oct. 2025
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During a season when even the most successful night of the year is marred by a devastating injury to the team’s best player, there are still glimmers of hope for the Dolphins.—
Barry Jackson,
Miami Herald,
30 Sep. 2025
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Baker wisely doesn’t attempt to write entirely in Austen’s wry style, but glimmers do peek through.—
Barbara Ellis,
Denver Post,
21 Sep. 2025
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Hydration clinics, combined with the growing number of med spas offering intravenous vitamin drips, skin care and cosmetic procedures, have ballooned into a $15 billion wellness industry in recent years, according to the American Med Spa Association.—
Erika Edwards,
NBC news,
6 Oct. 2025
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Brushed with a maltose syrup glaze, the ducks roast in a custom oven over a water bath, where fat drips into water instead of flames, keeping the meat moist and the smoke clean.—
Mackensy Lunsford,
Nashville Tennessean,
2 Oct. 2025
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But these low-risk hi jinx will encourage your own littles to try new things and take chances for the adventure of learning and saving friends.—
Katie Grant,
Parents,
24 Sep. 2025
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The pattern continues without the game, with the introduction of Kai Havertz and Noni Madueke doing little to improve things.—
James McNicholas,
New York Times,
18 Aug. 2025
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If the three-point attempt rate stays in the top five while turnover rate drops.—
Jenny Catlin,
New York Times,
9 Oct. 2025
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In turn, school district officials asked Grapevine to stop spreading false information about its finances and the committee that is helping the district come up with a facilities plan as enrollment drops and the Legislature continues to provide less funding for public schools.—
Elizabeth Campbell,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
9 Oct. 2025
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The pattern is a brownish batik produced by specks of tobacco.—
Zuzana Říhová,
Literary Hub,
26 Sep. 2025
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After a few days’ travel, some of the specks landed on a buoy floating in the North Atlantic off the coast of French Guyana.—
Zack Savitsky,
Quanta Magazine,
15 Sep. 2025
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“Driblets.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/driblets. Accessed 16 Oct. 2025.
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