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Recent Examples of sprays
Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 6 Oct. 2025
Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
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
Verb
Although products may be available in dust, granular form or sprays, choose a spray to get the best coverage on the leaf surface.
—Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 6 Oct. 2025
Noun
Fittingly, these finals get a full seven-game layout, and the team to earn four wins lifts the trophy (then sprays the trophy with sparkling wine).
—Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sprays
Verb
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The shareable treat features Galactic Brownie ice cream, fudge drizzle, M&Ms candies, and Halloween sprinkles atop a double fudge brownie crust.—
Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
1 Oct. 2025
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The show also sprinkles in factoids about Daniel’s military past, his upbringing in Italy and his fractured family dynamic.—
Aramide Tinubu,
Variety,
24 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Its crumbling buildings swallowed by greenery are starkly beautiful and deeply eerie, even more so as the cooler seasons creep in and sea mists descend.—
Maureen O'Hare,
CNN Money,
18 Oct. 2025
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The beauty bar allows shoppers to try out the brand’s bestselling fragrances, hair and body mists while being introduced to new products as well.—
Lisa Lockwood,
Footwear News,
17 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The holiday decor scene is saturated—nutcrackers, gingerbread houses, bow garlands, wreaths, strings of snowflakes, glittery pinecones, and that nativity scene that’s been passed down for generations.—
Audrey Lee,
Architectural Digest,
21 Oct. 2025
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Standing tall at 7 feet, the pre-lit tree features plush branches with plenty of room for ornaments, garlands, and ribbons.—
Mariana Best,
Better Homes & Gardens,
20 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Rather than the stiff alien chitchat that dots his own screenplays, the characters in The Favourite trade the witty, venomous bon mots of The Great creator Tony McNamara.—
A.A. Dowd,
Vulture,
24 Oct. 2025
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The $3,211 per month maintenance fees cover a part-time doorman and a fitness studio, while the location provides easy access to Madison Square Park plus all the shopping and dining that dots the area.—
Tori Latham,
Robb Report,
22 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The Shams campus already houses podcast studios, filming spaces, and training centers that have hosted eight TV series and multiple commercial shoots.—
Essie Assibu,
Variety,
17 Oct. 2025
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Suddenly, his face was everywhere, from fashion shoots to television appearances.—
Ben Church,
CNN Money,
17 Oct. 2025
Noun
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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.—
Jake Kanter,
Deadline,
27 Aug. 2025
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Naked people are collared, bound, prodded, whipped, ridden like horses, roasted over spits.—
Michael Robbins,
Harpers Magazine,
20 Aug. 2025
Verb
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But in many smaller ways, Harris peppers her narrative with places where the Biden White House undercut her or failed to support her.—
Jeremy Lott,
The Washington Examiner,
3 Oct. 2025
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Directed by genre-hopping Ben Wheatley and written by John Wick creator Derek Kolstad from a story hatched by Kolstad and Odenkirk, the subversive Western is a take-no-prisoners gore fest that peppers all the visceral carnage with an equal sprinkling of dry wit.—
Michael Rechtshaffen,
HollywoodReporter,
15 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Her skin flushes, her eyes light up, her voice changes, her body moves in such a way.—
Benjamin VanHoose,
PEOPLE,
1 Oct. 2025
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My world became sterile gauze, saline flushes, biohazard bins.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
20 Aug. 2025
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“Sprays.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sprays. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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