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

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noun

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Verb
Use only sunscreen formulations in lotions, creams, gels, sprays, and butter formulations. Lana Barhum, Verywell Health, 19 July 2025 This mess-free, no-sting formula comes in a handy spray bottle, perfect for reaching tricky spots like your bikini line, back, or butt. Angela Trakoshis, Allure, 19 July 2025
Noun
Equipped with 26 powerful spray jets,12internal directional sprays, and 10 external swirling jets, this automatic baby bottle cleaner ensures no residue or buildup remains, even in hard-to-reach spots. Nia Bowers, USA Today, 8 July 2025 Vector control officials in the Sacramento region are spraying insecticide to limit the spread of West Nile. Ethan Wolin july 7, Sacbee.com, 7 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for spray
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Verb
  • Swap the bananas for berries or apple slices and sprinkle with cinnamon for a flavor change.
    Morgan Pearson, Verywell Health, 25 July 2025
  • Sherbrooke is easily walkable with microbreweries, art museums and galleries, and vintage shops sprinkling the downtown core, and, of course, excellent poutine that rivals Montreal and Quebec City.
    Kaitlyn McInnis, Forbes.com, 24 July 2025
Noun
  • On July 18, FKA twigs filed a request for dismissal, according to the court docket.
    Marlene Lenthang, NBC news, 22 July 2025
  • LaBeouf has long denied many of FKA twigs’ claims of abuse.
    Matthew Strauss, Pitchfork, 22 July 2025
Noun
  • In Europe, analysts seem to be concluding that the deal is mostly Scotch mist.
    Jim Edwards, Fortune, 28 July 2025
  • It's resolved in good binoculars and small telescopes as a bright gray-green mist enveloping the middle star of the three in line that marks the hunter's sword.
    Joe Rao, Space.com, 28 July 2025
Noun
  • What a contrast to the traditional approach: High school seniors go for separate hair and makeup appointments while their prom dates pick up corsages from local florists.
    Patricia Steckler, Baltimore Sun, 18 June 2025
  • There was even a photoshoot beforehand; her date wore a boutonniere, and Ford had a corsage.
    Meredith Wilshere, People.com, 25 May 2025
Verb
  • Easter eggs are peppered throughout the set, with a replica of Disney’s briefcase, books on urban development, a map of Disneyland with upcoming attractions, and a photo of Abraham Lincoln, all of which were in Disney’s office in the early ‘60s.
    Natasha Chen, CNN Money, 17 July 2025
  • Photos peppered his and his agents’ social media, mostly of which were of Duran and Cristiano Ronaldo together.
    Jacob Tanswell, New York Times, 11 July 2025
Noun
  • To elevate the presentation with a bit of Vegas spectacle, a sprig of rosemary is set on fire and charred to add a smokey, inviting scent.
    Logan Holland, People.com, 25 July 2025
  • Spread out sprigs on a baking sheet and freeze for a few hours or until frozen solid.
    Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 23 July 2025
Noun
  • The people who worked at the night taco stand down the block were dishing out cheap al pastor tacos from a spit under a lamp between two sets of homeless encampments.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 30 July 2025
  • Then there is Canada and Greenland’s beef over the uninhabited Hans Island, a barren spit in the Kennedy Channel.
    Charlie Campbell, Time, 25 July 2025
Noun
  • President Macron and Brigitte will travel back to London later in the afternoon to lay a wreath at the Grave of the Unknown Warrior in Westminster Abbey before touring the church.
    Stephanie Petit, People.com, 8 July 2025
  • Their journey continued to Caen and the Normandy region, and included a visit to the beaches and to the Normandy American Cemetery to sing our national anthem and hymns, and also to lay a wreath.
    Tom Strong, Chicago Tribune, 13 July 2025

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