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as in splashes
to flow in a broken irregular stream
water plashed down the drain
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as in splatters
to wet or soil by striking with something liquid or mushy
passing cars plashed us with roadside slush
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In Literature and Painting Playset, 2025, a Cartman-like figure wearing a beret splashes daubs of paint on the screen while a female figure in pilgrim dress delivers a long, disjointed monologue patched together by Kokopeli from Quora posts, art history texts, and other online detritus.—
Theo Belci,
Artforum,
2 June 2026 -
As more water splashes the plant, the spores move upward to infect healthy leaves higher on the rose.—
Leanne Potts,
Better Homes & Gardens,
29 May 2026
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If one part slows down, the impact ripples across the entire chain.—
Robert Rapier,
Forbes.com,
24 May 2026
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The feature, starring Birgit Minichmayr, Lotte Keiling, Tristan López, and Carla Hüttermann, follows a family on summer holiday that are struck by a tragedy that ripples through their lives and relationships.—
Scott Roxborough,
HollywoodReporter,
22 May 2026
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Quick hits • Orlando Science Center hosts Mess Fest, which splatters knowledge and physics with paint, foam explosions and more.—
Dewayne Bevil,
The Orlando Sentinel,
1 May 2026
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But searing also often results in oil that splatters all over the stovetop (and sometimes the surrounding counters, floor, appliances…and the cook).—
Karla Walsh,
Better Homes & Gardens,
30 Jan. 2026
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After each print, the machine washes the leftover pigment from its gears, turning the once distinctly red and blue dyes into an oozing purple liquid.—
Karissa Waddick,
USA Today,
6 June 2026
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Or take Doofy Gilmore (Dave Sheridan), a lisping dimwit geek who washes with his own spit.—
Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
4 June 2026
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February 19 – March 20 Inspiration bubbles up through curious, joyful play.—
Tarot.com,
Hartford Courant,
29 May 2026
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The hydrogen literally bubbles out of the rock over hundreds of millions of years.—
Paul Sutter,
Space.com,
24 May 2026
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“Plashes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/plashes. Accessed 13 Jun. 2026.
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