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as in splattered
to wet or soil by striking with something liquid or mushy
the bus splashed us as it barrelled through the puddles
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as in washed
to flow in a broken irregular stream
the spilled juice splashed over the counter and onto the floor
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Recent Examples of splashed
Jackie Wattles, CNN Money, 15 Jan. 2026
The SpaceX Dragon capsule splashed down off the coast of California, ending the mission about a month early.
—Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 15 Jan. 2026
The crewmembers splashed down in the Pacific on Thursday.
—Tom Chivers, semafor.com, 15 Jan. 2026
The star, who won a Tony Award for Best Actress last year, splashed through the waves in a tiny bright blue G-string thong bikini in the Maldives.
—Lara Walsh, InStyle, 13 Jan. 2026
Later, Wembanyama splashed home a jumper over Queta when Boston briefly turned to a big lineup of its own, then sank another one over Baylor Scheierman when the Celtics went smaller.
—Jared Weiss, New York Times, 11 Jan. 2026
The quirky fishing village of Matlacha, Florida, is splashed in color.
—Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 11 Jan. 2026
There was blood splashed all over his pants.
—Rebecca White, New York Daily News, 10 Jan. 2026
As the frozen stuff turns into slush, it is splashed onto our shoes and clothes.
—Mary Marlowe Leverette, The Spruce, 8 Jan. 2026
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Four astronauts aboard a SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule splashed down early Thursday in the Pacific Ocean, ending a weeklong effort to get an unnamed crew member home to evaluate a medical issue.
—Jackie Wattles, CNN Money, 15 Jan. 2026
The SpaceX Dragon capsule splashed down off the coast of California, ending the mission about a month early.
—Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 15 Jan. 2026
The crewmembers splashed down in the Pacific on Thursday.
—Tom Chivers, semafor.com, 15 Jan. 2026
The star, who won a Tony Award for Best Actress last year, splashed through the waves in a tiny bright blue G-string thong bikini in the Maldives.
—Lara Walsh, InStyle, 13 Jan. 2026
Later, Wembanyama splashed home a jumper over Queta when Boston briefly turned to a big lineup of its own, then sank another one over Baylor Scheierman when the Celtics went smaller.
—Jared Weiss, New York Times, 11 Jan. 2026
The quirky fishing village of Matlacha, Florida, is splashed in color.
—Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 11 Jan. 2026
There was blood splashed all over his pants.
—Rebecca White, New York Daily News, 10 Jan. 2026
As the frozen stuff turns into slush, it is splashed onto our shoes and clothes.
—Mary Marlowe Leverette, The Spruce, 8 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for splashed
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Last week in Hartford, at least one person was knocked down by a vehicle and half a dozen were pepper-sprayed during a vigil for Good.—
Lisa Hagen,
Hartford Courant,
15 Jan. 2026
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Just then, an immigration officer rolled down his window, extended his arm and sprayed a protester point-blank in the face with a chemical agent.—
Hayley Walker,
NBC news,
14 Jan. 2026
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Hours after the shooting, the building stairwell was still splattered with blood, including a large pool of it on the second-floor landing.—
Thomas Tracy,
New York Daily News,
9 Jan. 2026
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Blood splattered across the person’s cheeks and neck, seeped through the gauze looped around a leg and dripped onto the floor.—
Lauren Caruba,
Dallas Morning News,
2 Jan. 2026
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Frisbee recounts feeling bathed in warm light and then having had a vision of himself leading thousands of hippies into the Pacific Ocean to be baptized.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
12 Jan. 2026
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Later on, a smaller group of us from the ship recalled feeling absolutely out of sorts as we were guided into a large communal space, stripped out of our robes, and each scrubbed and bathed on top of our own warmed marble slabs.—
Madison Flager,
Condé Nast Traveler,
8 Jan. 2026
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There are certain fabrics, materials, and items that are best dry cleaned or hand washed and laid flat or hung to dry.—
Cameron Beall,
Southern Living,
7 Jan. 2026
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Large waves from winter storms may have washed the molts onto the beach, Henry said — something observed in Dana Point in 2024, San Diego and Imperial Beach in 2023, Strands Beach in 2022, etc.—
Teri Sforza,
Oc Register,
7 Jan. 2026
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Eventually the tables settled down, as applause rippled across the room at the announcement of each of the 10 film and TV winners and their clips.—
Anne Thompson,
IndieWire,
9 Jan. 2026
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The verisimilitude rippled out to other departments.—
David Canfield,
HollywoodReporter,
7 Jan. 2026
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Watson’s relentless dribble-driving earned him nine trips to the line throughout a night sprinkled with spin moves and tough finishes with both hands.—
Bennett Durando,
Denver Post,
14 Jan. 2026
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Topping a Salad Avocado often tastes great cubed and sprinkled over your favorite salad.—
Kelly Burch,
Verywell Health,
14 Jan. 2026
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For Washington, though, numbers bubbled to the surface in the 24-17 win.—
David Aldridge,
New York Times,
5 Jan. 2026
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Louis Vuitton, Bottega Veneta, and Coperni bubbled their hems while Tove and Calvin Klein opted for deep-V necklines and ground-grazing lengths.—
Rosie Jarman,
Vogue,
3 Jan. 2026
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Researchers from the Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC), Kyoto University, and partner institutions published a high-resolution 3D reconstruction of the submerged settlement using multibeam echo-sounder surveys combined with historical cadastral maps.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
14 Jan. 2026
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Boats often post up in the channel between the two islands, where sculptor Jason deCaires Taylor designed the first underwater eco-museum in France and the Mediterranean—the six submerged statues are in water shallow enough to snorkel around.—
Lane Nieset,
Travel + Leisure,
22 Dec. 2025
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“Splashed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/splashed. Accessed 19 Jan. 2026.
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