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Recent Examples of sprayed
The vandals sprayed their hate messages with black and red spray paint.
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Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 6 May 2026
In the 2015 shooting, one witness told police that Savage had threatened one of the victims with a metal pipe and sprayed them with bleach, while another claimed Greene was the shooter.
—Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 4 May 2026
Coffey did not see which deputy sprayed the canister.
—Mara H. Gottfried, Twin Cities, 4 May 2026
The stumps were sprayed with the herbicide Triclopyr 4 to kill the roots, freeing up room for native plants to grow and thrive over the summer.
—Cam'ron Hardy, Chicago Tribune, 4 May 2026
Peach leaf curl causes stone fruit leaves to curl and pucker, even on trees sprayed with fungicide and horticultural oil last winter.
—Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 May 2026
The employee failed to clean the equipment and sprayed a mixture of herbicide and the fertilizer on the greens.
—Stephen Hudak, The Orlando Sentinel, 1 May 2026
Neem oil should be sprayed early in the morning or late in the day to avoid burning foliage.
—Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 30 Apr. 2026
Durnell regularly sprayed the weed killer throughout his neighborhood.
—Carrie Johnson, NPR, 27 Apr. 2026
Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 6 May 2026
In the 2015 shooting, one witness told police that Savage had threatened one of the victims with a metal pipe and sprayed them with bleach, while another claimed Greene was the shooter.
—Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 4 May 2026
Coffey did not see which deputy sprayed the canister.
—Mara H. Gottfried, Twin Cities, 4 May 2026
The stumps were sprayed with the herbicide Triclopyr 4 to kill the roots, freeing up room for native plants to grow and thrive over the summer.
—Cam'ron Hardy, Chicago Tribune, 4 May 2026
Peach leaf curl causes stone fruit leaves to curl and pucker, even on trees sprayed with fungicide and horticultural oil last winter.
—Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 May 2026
The employee failed to clean the equipment and sprayed a mixture of herbicide and the fertilizer on the greens.
—Stephen Hudak, The Orlando Sentinel, 1 May 2026
Neem oil should be sprayed early in the morning or late in the day to avoid burning foliage.
—Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 30 Apr. 2026
Durnell regularly sprayed the weed killer throughout his neighborhood.
—Carrie Johnson, NPR, 27 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sprayed
Verb
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Apple Hill includes farms, gardens, orchards, vineyards, wineries and breweries sprinkled around the Sierra Nevada foothills.—
Sacbee.com,
Sacbee.com,
6 May 2026
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Sequeira sprinkled in a little easter egg elements into her outfits through the different timelines that nodded to Pennywise.—
Jazz Tangcay,
Variety,
4 May 2026
Verb
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Shop and eat your way along Historic Downtown Fernandina Beach, the 50-block Victorian seaport village dotted with local eateries and eclectic shops.—
Lisa A. Beach,
Southern Living,
10 May 2026
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Six permanent outdoor works are dotted around the property, including a large rocket by Polish artist Goshka Macuga and a shocking pink tree, commissioned specifically for the island, by Pamela Rosenkranz.—
Fiona Sinclair Scott,
CNN Money,
9 May 2026
Verb
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Anything other than sitting in front of a camera and getting peppered by angry Wildcats fans drunk on bourbon and filled with disappointment.—
Austin Perry OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
6 May 2026
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Zilis peppered her speech with unusual phrases and occasional sarcasm.—
David Ingram,
NBC news,
6 May 2026
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“Sprayed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sprayed. Accessed 13 May. 2026.
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