sprinkle
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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
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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
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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
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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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