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slushes

verb

present tense third-person singular of slush

as in squirts

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This matches the only other blue ring in the solar system, namely Saturn's E-ring that is produced by cryovolcanism on Saturn's moon Enceladus, which squirts geysers of water into space.

— Keith Cooper, Space.com, 22 Apr. 2026
Block squirts out a capturing of Dreyfuss as a fuzzy-haired neurotic ping-ponging mood changes around the set.

— Christopher Smith, Oc Register, 10 Mar. 2026

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Officials said the pesticide is an ultra-low-volume treatment that sprays approximately two tablespoons per acre.

— Michele Gile, CBS News, 16 Sep. 2026
There’s Tanner, the middle of three boys who lives in his hometown and pilots a plane for the family business that sprays pesticides on crops.

— Matt Schneidman, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026

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From prototypes to waters XING is not presenting the marine system as laboratory-only technology.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 2 Sep. 2026
But as local waters warm, researchers have observed young whites venturing into New England waters sooner, bringing them dangerously close to the adult predators, Quevedo said.

— ABC News, ABC News, 1 Sep. 2026

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Kemery sprinkles the tiny seeds either in late fall or very early spring, when there’s still a chance of frost, since cold spells offer the best germination.

— SJ McShane, Martha Stewart, 11 July 2026
Thomson sprinkles critique throughout his book like seasoning unevenly applied to a gamey piece of meat.

— Michael O’Donnell, The Atlantic, 2 July 2026

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