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Recent Examples of sprays
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This is when water from a sprinkler head sprays out onto the sidewalk or street, and that's considered wasted water.—Yvette Fernandez, NPR, 28 Aug. 2025 Like Machado, Tatis sprays the ball to all fields, even on the ground, another reason he can be depended upon to hit for a solid batting average, even while playing his home games in a pitchers’ park.—Tony Blengino, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2025
Where campsites on Angel Island offered extensive panoramic views of the East Bay, China Camp visitors sleep among tall trees that see evening mists pervade the night as turkeys and deer wander through the area.
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Don Sproul,
Oc Register,
9 Sep. 2025
Taylor hydrates with a creamy leave-in like Cheribe’s Moisture Milk, while Hinkle refreshes the scalp using rosewater mists.
The set comes with seven pumpkins in a variety of shapes and sizes to line up across the mantel, and can easily stand alone or be added to a full display with garlands and candles.
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Mariana Best,
Better Homes & Gardens,
5 Sep. 2025
Dust off your fake cobwebs and sparkly garlands, but don’t forget to level up your Halloween Squishmallows collection, too.
LeBron James #23 of the Los Angeles Lakers shoots over Andrew Wiggins #22 of the Golden State Warriors during the first half at Chase Center on December 25, 2024 in San Francisco, California.
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Gabe Smallson,
MSNBC Newsweek,
15 Sep. 2025
City’s left-back is in a position to carry the ball into space because Haaland moves De Ligt, but O’Reilly shoots and misses the target.
Denying that their output is propaganda & amplifying their messaging spits in the face of those murdered on Oct 7th & props up the Hamas terror regime that continues to punish its own people.
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Jake Kanter,
Deadline,
27 Aug. 2025
Naked people are collared, bound, prodded, whipped, ridden like horses, roasted over spits.
Solomon peppers his story with generational resentments and art-world posturing, while Soderbergh films the interiors of McKellen’s English townhouse like the inner workings of a sarcophagus.
My world became sterile gauze, saline flushes, biohazard bins.
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Big Think,
Big Think,
20 Aug. 2025
Brewer also stole fentanyl from a secure hospital locker, as well as needles, syringes and saline flushes from a hospital supply room on multiple occasions, according to prosecutors.
The Polish air force scrambled its own F-16 fighter jets, and the Royal Netherlands Air Force sent two F-35 fighters that were stationed in Poland.
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George Petras,
USA Today,
11 Sep. 2025
On the third floor, The World of RH Bar and Lounge showcases highlights from other RH destinations around the world, including two jets RH One and Two, the RH Three yacht, and 26 restaurants and bars, showing how seamlessly the brand blurs the line between lifestyle and design.
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