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Recent Examples of sprayed
Asking your local nursery to procure plants that haven’t been sprayed with pesticides, which can harm monarchs in every stage of life, is another actionable step.
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Chelsee Lowe, Travel + Leisure, 9 Nov. 2025
An attachment to the machine sprayed the plaster, specifically mixed on-site and fed to the printer, covering large swaths of the walls and accelerating the time needed for the task.
—Jake Goodrick, Sacbee.com, 8 Nov. 2025
When Sanchez advanced after being sprayed, Tole pulled a knife to defend himself, authorities said.
—Joe Reedy, Denver Post, 7 Nov. 2025
Whittington was sprayed with birdshot in the face, neck and chest.
—Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 4 Nov. 2025
Its grille features a phoenix logo, there are distinctive twin headlamps, but the most noticeable feature by far is the beautiful metallic orange paint, which, apparently, was sprayed in 60 layers.
—New Atlas, 31 Oct. 2025
Such a name seemed fitting as the choppy waters sprayed us like a river baptism.
—Ryan Knighton, AFAR Media, 31 Oct. 2025
Along the back roads that lead to his property, which is in the remote community of McLeod (one bar, one post office, population 162), quarter-mile-long irrigation systems sprayed huge, unattended agricultural fields.
—Tyler Austin Harper, The Atlantic, 30 Oct. 2025
In response, a gunman sprayed Stanfa's car with automatic weapons during an ambush on the expressway, and although he wasn't hurt, his son Joseph was wounded in the head, per UPI.
—Jordana Comiter, PEOPLE, 27 Oct. 2025
Chelsee Lowe, Travel + Leisure, 9 Nov. 2025
An attachment to the machine sprayed the plaster, specifically mixed on-site and fed to the printer, covering large swaths of the walls and accelerating the time needed for the task.
—Jake Goodrick, Sacbee.com, 8 Nov. 2025
When Sanchez advanced after being sprayed, Tole pulled a knife to defend himself, authorities said.
—Joe Reedy, Denver Post, 7 Nov. 2025
Whittington was sprayed with birdshot in the face, neck and chest.
—Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 4 Nov. 2025
Its grille features a phoenix logo, there are distinctive twin headlamps, but the most noticeable feature by far is the beautiful metallic orange paint, which, apparently, was sprayed in 60 layers.
—New Atlas, 31 Oct. 2025
Such a name seemed fitting as the choppy waters sprayed us like a river baptism.
—Ryan Knighton, AFAR Media, 31 Oct. 2025
Along the back roads that lead to his property, which is in the remote community of McLeod (one bar, one post office, population 162), quarter-mile-long irrigation systems sprayed huge, unattended agricultural fields.
—Tyler Austin Harper, The Atlantic, 30 Oct. 2025
In response, a gunman sprayed Stanfa's car with automatic weapons during an ambush on the expressway, and although he wasn't hurt, his son Joseph was wounded in the head, per UPI.
—Jordana Comiter, PEOPLE, 27 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sprayed
Verb
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Other Latin artists are sprinkled throughout the categories.—
Sigal Ratner-Arias,
Billboard,
7 Nov. 2025
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The initial run of shows sprinkled 12 dates over the course of May 2026, kicking off May 6 and running through May 30.—
Daniel Kreps,
Rolling Stone,
7 Nov. 2025
Verb
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On a recent fall trip, magenta beautyberries dotted the curvy road, sultry summer temperatures had cooled ever so slightly, and amber and gold tinged the towering sweetgums throughout Torreya State Park.—
Carrie Honaker,
Travel + Leisure,
9 Nov. 2025
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Yellow evidence markers dotted the ground and what appeared to be clothing laid on the pavement.—
Kirsten Fiscus,
Nashville Tennessean,
7 Nov. 2025
Verb
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Hingham peppered the Notre Dame (11-5-3) net in the first half, out-shooting the Cougars at an 8-0 clip.—
Brendan Connelly,
Boston Herald,
8 Nov. 2025
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But Bush was in his second term the February 2006 morning that Cheney peppered the face and torso of a 78-year-old lawyer with lead shot during a quail hunt.—
Karl Vick,
Time,
4 Nov. 2025
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“Sprayed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sprayed. Accessed 16 Nov. 2025.
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