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[splash] / splæʃ /




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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

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

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

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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