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as in splattering
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 washing
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 splashing
Muller has spent the past 12 years experiencing the ups and downs, fitful starts and stops her sport has endured since first splashing on the Swiss hockey scene as a 15-year-old by scoring her nation’s first bronze-medal clinching goal at the 2014 Sochi Games.
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John Wawrow, Chicago Tribune, 21 Feb. 2026
Smaller kids will enjoy splashing around at the Penguin Play Bay, a (warm) shallow adventure lagoon, while adults seeking relaxation float down The Lost River, made to look like the site of ruins, or kick back in the Mystic Springs hot pool.
—Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 18 Feb. 2026
Adding it cold can help with emulsification, and splashing in some reserved pasta water can help bind the sauce for a glossy, silky coating on each noodle.
—Katie Rosenhouse, Southern Living, 16 Feb. 2026
Having Palace Merano’s powerhouse arsenal of treatments, doctors, and culinary team on hand would certainly be worth splashing down some cash, not to mention the building’s stunning interiors.
—Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 16 Feb. 2026
That epic spinoff lasted five seasons and 99 episodes and concluded with the ancient city splashing down in the Pacific Ocean, just a few miles off the California coast.
—Scott Snowden, Space.com, 15 Feb. 2026
All four returning astronauts went directly to the hospital after splashing down in the Pacific near San Diego.
—Arkansas Online, 14 Feb. 2026
That’s where patriarch Mychal Thompson, the former Portland Trail Blazers and Los Angeles Lakers center, remembered watching his then-8-year-old son, Klay, hoisting shot after shot from the center of his chest, splashing each one through the net.
—Joe Vardon, New York Times, 11 Feb. 2026
Water near the top of the soil rather than overhead to avoid splashing spores.
—Rachel Gillett, Martha Stewart, 10 Feb. 2026
John Wawrow, Chicago Tribune, 21 Feb. 2026
Smaller kids will enjoy splashing around at the Penguin Play Bay, a (warm) shallow adventure lagoon, while adults seeking relaxation float down The Lost River, made to look like the site of ruins, or kick back in the Mystic Springs hot pool.
—Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 18 Feb. 2026
Adding it cold can help with emulsification, and splashing in some reserved pasta water can help bind the sauce for a glossy, silky coating on each noodle.
—Katie Rosenhouse, Southern Living, 16 Feb. 2026
Having Palace Merano’s powerhouse arsenal of treatments, doctors, and culinary team on hand would certainly be worth splashing down some cash, not to mention the building’s stunning interiors.
—Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 16 Feb. 2026
That epic spinoff lasted five seasons and 99 episodes and concluded with the ancient city splashing down in the Pacific Ocean, just a few miles off the California coast.
—Scott Snowden, Space.com, 15 Feb. 2026
All four returning astronauts went directly to the hospital after splashing down in the Pacific near San Diego.
—Arkansas Online, 14 Feb. 2026
That’s where patriarch Mychal Thompson, the former Portland Trail Blazers and Los Angeles Lakers center, remembered watching his then-8-year-old son, Klay, hoisting shot after shot from the center of his chest, splashing each one through the net.
—Joe Vardon, New York Times, 11 Feb. 2026
Water near the top of the soil rather than overhead to avoid splashing spores.
—Rachel Gillett, Martha Stewart, 10 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for splashing
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Dislodge aphids by spraying foliage with a heavy stream of water.—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
27 Feb. 2026
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Eason recommends spraying water mixed with essential oils to repel bed bugs.—
Emily Benda Gaylord,
The Spruce,
25 Feb. 2026
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Spills, crumbs, and grease from splattering casseroles and bubbling pies can make a mess of your oven, and the oven racks aren’t spared from the turmoil.—
Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
6 Feb. 2026
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The fatalities are gruesomely entertaining, the opening murder splattering the audience with such brutality that my theater howled in delight.—
Amy Nicholson,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Jan. 2026
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And bathing a cat, especially with scented soaps, can mask that scent, which can cause stress and anxiety.—
Popular Science Team,
Popular Science,
27 Feb. 2026
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The sight of those fluffy, pink perennials can do a lot to refresh a city, bathing it in a certain Wes Anderson light.—
Jessica Sulima,
Condé Nast Traveler,
25 Feb. 2026
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Sort your laundry — but not by color The once cardinal rule of separating darks from whites before washing them has flown the coop.—
The Washington Post,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
28 Feb. 2026
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Sophie has spent so long this season being a role of service, and for Benedict to now be washing her hair and then pleasuring her felt like a really nice switcheroo that Sophie deeply deserved.—
Carly Thomas,
HollywoodReporter,
27 Feb. 2026
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The effects are still rippling through American institutions, and the long-term consequences of this upheaval remain to be seen.—
Veronique Greenwood,
Time,
24 Feb. 2026
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Though this satellite imagery is in grayscale, lucky skywatchers on the ground would have likely seen curtains of green light with possible magentas and reds rippling overhead.—
Daisy Dobrijevic,
Space.com,
23 Feb. 2026
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The common factor in all of this is the Federal Reserve (albeit acting in very good faith in response to successive defense, financial and health crises) increased the amount of money sloshing around relative to the size of the economy to unprecedented levels.—
Edward Lotterman,
Twin Cities,
15 Feb. 2026
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Meantime, outflows both from both software and crypto (an asset class most correlated with unprofitable tech stocks) grew excessive until the savage software/bitcoin selloff hit an extreme Thursday, when money came sloshing in to catch the falling knives.—
Michael Santoli,
CNBC,
9 Feb. 2026
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Pastries like passion-fruit malasadas and chocolate-babka pistachio swirls benefit from her sourdough starter, still alive and bubbling after a decade-plus of traveling.—
Kate Bradshaw,
Mercury News,
25 Feb. 2026
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And around nearly every corner, there’s food worth traveling for, from bubbling deep-dish pizza to dripping Italian beef sandwiches.—
Lauren Schuster,
Kansas City Star,
23 Feb. 2026
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This means there's lots of ways to add them to your diet, including blending ground flaxseed into smoothies or sprinkling whole flaxseeds on top of oatmeal.—
Mark Gurarie,
Health,
20 Feb. 2026
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Avoid sprinkling coffee on the stems.—
Rae Ford,
Martha Stewart,
17 Feb. 2026
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“Splashing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/splashing. Accessed 2 Mar. 2026.
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