few drops
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Higgs’s dashcam showed a few drops of rain hitting the windshield of his patrol car about an hour after police arrived.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 21, 2025
As the two sides fought over the pot of elixir, a few drops spilled over and fell in four cities - Prayagraj, Haridwar, Ujjain and Nasik.
From BBC • Jan. 13, 2025
Palmer, who is speaking over video chat, pauses to prop her iPhone up against something so she can squeeze a few drops of black liquid into her water.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 10, 2024
Only a few drops or grams of blue foods are usually needed to elevate vegetable dishes to something that satisfies our inherited umami craving.
From Science Daily • Apr. 29, 2024
He quickly opened a bottle nearby and put a few drops in the tiny bottle in the automaton’s hand.
From "The Invention of Hugo Cabret" by Brian Selznick
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