Thesaurus results for SPRAYED

sprayed

verb

past tense of spray

as in sprinkled

to cover by or as if by scattering something over or on sprayed the lawn with pesticides

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Recent Examples of sprayed In one case reviewed by The Marshall Project, an incarcerated man reported being pepper-sprayed, choked, beaten with a baton and repeatedly called racial slurs by Kentucky officers who were later convicted. — Christie Thompson, NPR, 13 July 2026 Sturgess sprayed it, gave it a sniff and spread some on her wrist. — Faith Karimi, CNN Money, 11 July 2026 Video from the scene showed smoke billowing from the fire as a helicopter flying overhead sprayed it with water. — Samantha Cookinham, NBC news, 10 July 2026 Court papers further state that shortly thereafter, without giving any additional commands to Houseton, Kirk sprayed her twice in the face with pepper spray. — City News Service, Daily News, 7 July 2026 Water sprayed to control dust creeps into the streets, creating small pools of green liquid. — Jena Brooker, ProPublica, 6 July 2026 On Saturday, volunteers sprayed cooling water on crowds in the summer heat. — Nasser Karimi, Arkansas Online, 5 July 2026 Attendants, some on the ladders of fire trucks, sprayed misted water across the crowds to cool them in the heat. — ABC News, 5 July 2026 On Saturday, volunteers sprayed cooling water on crowds in the summer heat. — Nasser Karimi, Los Angeles Times, 4 July 2026

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Plant food is then sprinkled onto the root ball and the surrounding soil.

— Martha Stewart, Martha Stewart, 2 July 2026
Sculptures and paintings by local artists are sprinkled throughout the 18 rooms, which are swathed in pastel shades like apricot and mint, reminiscent of the artwork and architecture in Emirdag’s other home in the South of France.

— Liam Hess, Vogue, 1 July 2026

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The next day, the trop-house producer announced the deed was done, and a remix of the Viking trio’s catchy work — with cheers of the World Cup crowd peppered in — was born.

— Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 10 July 2026
That tweet has been peppered by at least a dozen community notes that keep coming and going, challenging PlayStation’s assertions about digital adoption.

— Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026

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