splash
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"The UK's economic and fiscal position remains very challenging," it says, with a splash of understatement, adding that "there have been further adverse developments" this year with in the conflict in the Middle East.
From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2026
Although AI made its first really big splash in 2022, the surge in business investment is more recent.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 27, 2026
Maye’s stat page felt like a refresh: 226 yards passing, two touchdown passes, 54 yards rushing, key plays late, and a splash of that 2025 Drake Maye swagger.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026
According to the model, a fast-moving jet of quarks should disturb the surrounding plasma and leave a wake behind, causing the material to ripple and splash.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 6, 2026
It said I should go and splash water on my face and then I should meet him at the only café in Souilly so we could toast my heroic actions.
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
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In the distance was a bronze statue of Louis XIV on a rearing horse in the majestic Place des Victoires, its stone pedestal stained by protesters’ splashes of red paint.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026
He made one of the biggest splashes in the Lakers’ first preseason game.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2026
One of my brothers splashes vinegary house hot sauce into the spicy.
From Salon ● Oct. 7, 2026
The observations provide the first direct evidence that quark-gluon plasma responds to fast-moving particles as a unified fluid, producing waves, splashes, and swirling motion instead of simply behaving as a collection of independently scattering particles.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 6, 2026
Water splashes up when the rock breaks the surface, and circular ripples spread out from the point where it entered the water.
From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland
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Children splashed in the fountain and played with a soccer ball as the mayoral hopeful introduced herself to voters.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 1, 2026
As a child, Franzoy often went tubing on the river or splashed with playmates in gurgling irrigation canals.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026
An astronaut crew that carried out an eight-month mission aboard the International Space Station splashed down as planned Thursday off the coast of California.
From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026
Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has splashed out $9.6 million in cash on a sprawling Hamptons estate—nearly one year after the New York City mayoral primary that marked his return to electoral politics.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 6, 2026
At five o’clock in the morning, the girls got up and splashed cold river water on their faces.
From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall
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On September 28, SpaceX's Starship megarocket reached orbit for the first time and deployed 26 Starlink satellites before splashing down in the Pacific -- a milestone for the rocket central to Musk's Mars ambitions.
From Barron's ● Oct. 18, 2026
I probably wouldn’t start splashing vinegar into a delicate seafood bisque.
From Salon ● Oct. 5, 2026
However, SpaceX decided to end the flight early, with Starship’s upper stage splashing down in the Pacific Ocean after about three hours.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 28, 2026
The Dream led by as much as 42 points, with Angel Reese splashing 18 first-half points.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026
It broke against the wall next to Haiyi’s head, the cold soup splashing everywhere.
From "When the Sea Turned to Silver" by Grace Lin
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