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spray

[sprey] / spreɪ /




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A large-acceptance spectrometer then records the spray of particles produced in the interactions.

From Science Daily Sep. 2, 2026

Piloted planes, it adds, can spray a much larger area faster.

From BBC Sep. 1, 2026

My mom, who also had a propensity for hair that could double as armor, often joked we should bury her with a six-pack of Diet Coke and a bottle of hair spray.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 27, 2026

It’s like police hunting for a couple of rogue graffiti artists on a crowded street where everyone is carrying a can of spray paint.

From MarketWatch Aug. 27, 2026

An enormous spray of flowers filled the doorway.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

A former electrical engineer who moved from his native Kentucky to take a defense job, Montgomery founded the company in 2023 with an eye toward getting pesticide sprays out of suburban yards.

From Barron's Aug. 7, 2026

WSJ | Buy Side: Get a summertime glow, no matter the season, with these expert-recommended self-tanning mousses, sprays and drops.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 28, 2026

Nadira Goffe argues that watching the film in 4DX—which features, among other things, scents, moving chairs, and sprays of water—is the superior way to experience the epic adventure.

From Slate Jul. 28, 2026

He said he tried treating them with sprays bought from the supermarket but that did not help and the problem got worse.

From BBC May 28, 2026

Of these 67, 59 were caused by seed dressings, 8 by toxic sprays.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson

In Stourbridge near the UK's second largest city of Birmingham, smoke rose from smouldering ruins of several roofless houses as firefighters sprayed water on the wreckage Friday.

From Barron's Aug. 14, 2026

“I kind of sprayed the ball a little bit,” Skubal said after a 6-5 win over Kansas City in his Dodger Stadium debut.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 11, 2026

Their working theory is that the elephants were exposed to the toxin through pesticides sprayed on nearby tomato farms.

From BBC Aug. 4, 2026

In forward mode, water sprayed outward as it would from an ordinary lawn sprinkler.

From Science Daily Jul. 17, 2026

In the moonlight I could not tell that it was blood, but only something dark that sprayed out of his rear end.

From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen

Photos posted to Telegram by the state emergency service showed firefighters spraying water into what appeared to be a residential building.

From Barron's Aug. 1, 2026

Barcelona residents took to spraying tourists with water guns as Airbnb rentals exacerbated a housing shortage.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 20, 2026

Every summer, lawns fill with colorful "silly sprinklers," whose looping and twisting tubes send water spraying in unusual patterns.

From Science Daily Jul. 17, 2026

The system involved piping water from higher up in the mountains during the winter and spraying it into the air, where it would freeze, and over time form large towers of ice, called ice stupas.

From BBC Jun. 18, 2026

I make a real show of spraying the bottle with the hose on its highest setting.

From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz




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