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[spring-kuhl] / ˈsprɪŋ kəl /


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Pour it in a pretty bottle, sprinkle some social-media buzz and you have a product that’s as much about joining a cultural moment as it is about the water itself.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 29, 2026

For an earthy, curry-inspired bowl of soup, sprinkle in a pinch of cumin and coriander or add in a few drops of toasted sesame oil.

From Salon Jul. 19, 2026

Full of pace and dynamism with Luis Diaz as a sprinkle of stardust.

From BBC Jul. 4, 2026

It’s also his first record sung predominantly in Spanish — along with the occasional sprinkle of English and Korean.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 25, 2026

I bought some meat for my mother after asking the cook to fry it once more and then sprinkle it with spiced cabbage.

From "Krik? Krak!" by Edwidge Danticat

Her name was her brand, and so, too, was her profile: the full bosom and tiny waist, platinum wig and baubles like sprinkles on an ice cream cone, 5 feet tall standing in five-inch heels.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 25, 2026

Dubbed dot cakes, they start with boxed cake mix to make the base and double down on that nostalgic flavor with store-bought frosting and sprinkles.

From Salon Jun. 14, 2026

Knicks Fever has also upended the city’s food scene, causing a run on blue-and-orange dyes, sprinkles and other decorative instruments of culinary science.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 13, 2026

As ever, best known for its jam, sells products including rosé wine, teas, shortbread cookies and flower sprinkles.

From BBC Mar. 6, 2026

She takes a bei-powder bundle from a drawer and sprinkles it over Sophia's hair and scalp.

From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton

Later in the record, on “How Love’s Supposed to Go,” he begins the song with clipped phrases sprinkled with funky accents in another luxurious rhythm that almost sounds like a classic sample.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 25, 2026

The BBC previously heard from one frustrated listener, who, after finding his playlists increasingly sprinkled with tracks he suspected were AI-generated, built a tool to automatically label and block them.

From BBC Aug. 12, 2026

Tail Town’s main room is filled with stacked cat beds, an exercise wheel, two huge rectangular storage benches sprinkled with doughnut-shaped beds, and cat-themed art on the walls.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 10, 2026

People sprinkled cat litter, got mats out of their own vehicles to place under the tires.

From Slate Jul. 27, 2026

He watched as the fox sprinkled “magic herbs” on the pillow, reciting another strange spell as she did so.

From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques

You hadn’t had “Twin Peaks,” although we were kind of slightly “The Office,” “Twin Peaks,” sprinkling of “Northern Exposure” maybe, but nothing I think of that sort had been for a while.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 20, 2026

Lev Sercarz suggests adding it to eggs or sprinkling it on raw vegetables.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 16, 2026

This is how you prevent the flat, powdery taste that comes from sprinkling seasoning over finished sauce.

From Salon Apr. 7, 2026

A court upheld a ban on people sprinkling salt outside their homes and businesses.

From Barron's Feb. 5, 2026

Chance provides more than enough variation to account for the sprinkling of successes that will occur with almost any treatment; indeed, it would be a miracle if there weren’t any “miracle cures.”

From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos




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