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slushing

verb

present participle of slush

as in spraying

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Their arrests on June 24, 2023, at a Lancaster WinCo Foods store ultimately led to the indictment of county Sheriff’s Deputy Trevor Kirk, who was later convicted of a felony for assaulting and pepper-spraying Houseton.

— City News Service, Daily News, 7 July 2026
Water jets are spraying mist to cool down the mourners, who are mostly wearing black, with temperatures set to reach 37 degrees Celsius (98 degrees Fahrenheit) in Tehran today, according to the UK Met Office.

— Xiaoqian Lin, CNN Money, 6 July 2026

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The Hydro Glows cast a green, electric light over everything, and the squid were shooting water and squirting ink everywhere.

— Matthew Every, Outdoor Life, 8 July 2026
Most aquatic animals swim but some also walk (crabs), jump (like a squirting scallop), and crawl (starfish, sea cucumbers).

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 22 June 2026

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Then, to complete the deep clean, Lane suggests, sprinkling baking soda on the bottom of the dishwasher and running a second hot cycle with no detergent.

— Melissa Locker, Southern Living, 6 July 2026
Teammates see someone more settled in his new surroundings, even sprinkling in some English comebacks to their jokes.

— Chandler Rome, New York Times, 1 July 2026

Definition of sprinkling

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After this, watering the garden gently but plentifully will help to promote soil health and get rid of most of the ash present on plant leaves and stems.

— Christopher Buchanan, Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2026
Target the roots instead, watering slowly so the moisture will soak deep into the soil, about 10 inches.

— Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 6 July 2026

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