mist
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As skies clear overnight and winds remain light, mist and fog patches will readily form, and combine with some slightly cooler nights and following days.
From BBC ● Nov. 1, 2026
Instead, she saw a black shadowy mist drifting around the room filled with toys.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 2026
There could still be some patches of low cloud and drizzle associated with early morning mist and fog, however, rainfall amounts will be negligible.
From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026
In some places, the mist, fog and low cloud may not clear at all and make it feel quite chilly.
From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2026
The mist rose and became a gray wind.
From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell
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Cooling systems can draw large volumes of municipal water, while mists from cooling towers can carry harmful bacteria.
From Barron's ● Nov. 5, 2026
In the Colosseum, cooling fans with mists have been set up in the entrances.
From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026
But amid the ocean mists and old-growth forests, things don’t go as planned.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 7, 2026
The timber wars have receded into the mists of history.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 2, 2026
The mare had taken him past the Corderos’ and into the graveyard, and he had seen the mists rising and pooling, coalescing into vaguely human shapes.
From "Bone Gap" by Laura Ruby
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Misty Cook, of the Sherwood Valley Band of Pomo Indians, read a statement as eyes misted all around:
From Los Angeles Times ● May 10, 2026
Diane Kostka planted a sign at each checkpoint for her husband and son and misted them with a spray bottle.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 27, 2025
That means not throwing them straight into the produce drawer, and instead storing them in a misted, sealed bag.
From Science Magazine ● Jan. 23, 2024
As the mood darkens, even this underwhelmed critic misted up at the sight of the two men quietly holding each other in bed.
From New York Times ● Dec. 1, 2022
The spray floated over and misted my cheeks while I counted on my fingers.
From "The Secret Life of Bees" by Sue Monk Kidd
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He also recommends misting your skin with a spray bottle — “like a bottle you use to spray your plants with” — every five or so minutes, keeping your skin visibly wet.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026
"Sweating and misting work in the same way, which is also why it's comfortable and cooler to be near a fountain or open body of water," she says.
From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026
New York has designated hundreds of public buildings as cooling centers, extended public swimming pool hours, dispatched volunteers to check on vulnerable residents, and opened "pop up" cooling stations with misting fans and wet towels.
From Barron's ● Jul. 1, 2026
Other restoration efforts include the implementation of an anti-fire misting system beneath the cathedral’s roof and the recreation of the original cross.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 13, 2024
“I can’t tell you how much I appreciate everything you’ve done for us,” Mamá said, her eyes misting over again, as she stood just inside our fenced yard, shaking Special Agent Gonzales’s hand.
From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall
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