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as in splashed
to flow in a broken irregular stream
water plashed down the drain
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as in splattered
to wet or soil by striking with something liquid or mushy
passing cars plashed us with roadside slush
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DeKalb County, where Mentone and the neighboring town of Fort Payne are located, is also home to a national preserve and two state parks, each of which provides ample opportunities to see impressive color splashed over sweeping mountain vistas.—
Tara Massouleh McCay,
Southern Living,
4 Oct. 2025 -
With bigger bucks being splashed around, 2022 marked the arrival of Four Seasons Nashville, the city’s first international five-star luxury brand.—
Leena Tailor,
HollywoodReporter,
3 Oct. 2025
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An unexpected result in Japan’s leadership contest over the weekend rippled through global financial markets with the dollar surging against the yen on Sunday.—
Danny Bakst,
Fortune,
6 Oct. 2025
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These small shifts rippled into the changes that my clients report as being transformative.—
Sonia Singh,
Rolling Stone,
3 Oct. 2025
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One of Kirkley’s bullets grazed Faulkner’s chest as Staton’s blood splattered onto her, the family’s wrongful death lawsuit says.—
Ryan Oehrli,
Charlotte Observer,
23 Sep. 2025
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Expect almost every room to be splattered in blood.—
Brady MacDonald,
Oc Register,
16 Sep. 2025
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My poetry began as a father’s sly growl, became a spectacle on a rickety stage washed in limelight, and now is a 70-year-old woman’s walk back into a thousand yesterdays.—
Via Scribner,
Literary Hub,
6 Oct. 2025
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For those in charge of protecting the biosphere, keeping the beaches on the peninsula’s eastern side free of trash washed in from the sea is a constant struggle.—
Simon Willis,
Travel + Leisure,
5 Oct. 2025
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The Bahamas are still enduring Imelda’s winds and heavy rain after being soaked over the weekend, even as the storm started to move away Monday afternoon.—
Briana Waxman,
CNN Money,
29 Sep. 2025
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Much of the Bahamas are expected to be soaked — with six to twelve inches of rain in the heaviest spots near the northwest — and be swept by winds of 45 mph and up as the depression strengthens into Tropical Storm Imelda as early as today.—
Alex Harris
Updated September 28,
Miami Herald,
28 Sep. 2025
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With such enviable success, questions have bubbled over the years as to whether the Parasite outfit could be bought by a larger entity or a group of investors.—
Andreas Wiseman,
Deadline,
28 Sep. 2025
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Lichtenberg thinks the atmosphere most likely bubbled up from the planet’s magma ocean.—
Elise Cutts,
Scientific American,
23 Sep. 2025
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Streams of sweat dripped from my wig down my back.—
Brady MacDonald,
Oc Register,
25 Sep. 2025
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To prevent the chicken fingers from getting gummy, make sure all excess batter has dripped off before transferring the chicken to the breadcrumbs.—
Robin Miller,
AZCentral.com,
18 Sep. 2025
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“Plashed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/plashed. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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