puddle
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"There's a hosepipe ban and we are wasting water and it's causing a huge puddle in the street that cars splash through," she added.
From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026
A broom tucked into a corner explains the unusual tidiness of the space, disturbed only by a glass bottle and a brown puddle in the middle of the floor.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
“Any time Lenore says the word ‘sugah,’ it just makes me melt into a puddle on the floor,” Winderbaum says, laughing.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2026
As we watched the group wander about, a female capybara waded into a mud puddle along the truck path and rolled around happily.
From Slate ● May 27, 2026
Her smile was so tender, and the feeling in her voice was so warm and genuine, that Penelope felt all her newfound professionalism melt into a puddle.
From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood
As access reopened mid-morning, AFP saw the blackened remains of several burnt-out cars along roads near Omis, some ringed by silver puddles of metal that had melted under the intense heat of the fires.
From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026
I realized I want to raise kids who are going to jump in mud puddles.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 4, 2026
On local Telegram chat groups, people shared photos of oil slicks in the sea, black puddles on the road and stray animals covered in oily droplets.
From BBC ● Apr. 30, 2026
Before you drain, save the pasta water — that cloudy starch is what turns chopped olives and warm oil into a sauce that clings instead of puddles.
From Salon ● Feb. 19, 2026
“I don’t know if I like to jump in mud puddles or not,” Maximilian said politely.
From "The School for Whatnots" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
We didn’t have a plan, just each other and the puddled roads.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 25, 2025
In this case, it was puddled onto a platter with some lime-spiked sour cream, then topped with grilled mushrooms and onions.
From New York Times ● Feb. 4, 2022
As rain poured and puddled on the sideline at Ross-Ade Stadium, the Purdue mascot dared the cheerleader to jump into the water.
From Fox News ● Oct. 2, 2021
Weller said he had not eaten anything during his ordeal but sipped water puddled on rocks, using grass as a straw, Nattapat said.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 3, 2021
She stopped under the throne, at the spot where Ser Barristan's white cloak lay puddled on the floor beside his helm and breastplate.
From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin
Others, fabricated from translucent amber resin that has hardened to a glossy sheen, are low and horizontal, oozing and puddling across the floor like pools of blood or toxic spills.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 22, 2024
"There have been numerous local measurements and theoretical discussions regarding the effects of water puddling on ice albedo," Kaczmarowski said.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 15, 2024
I have no actual evidence of puddling editors, but no matter.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 5, 2021
“There’s plenty of puddling and stuff already,” he said, “so I just assume that we’re probably going to get a taste of what we had a couple weeks ago.”
From Washington Times ● Aug. 30, 2017
A finger of warm wax was puddling out across the Bay of Seals, slow as a glacier.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
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