spray
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The primary suite serves as its own private retreat and features an en suite bathroom with a soaking tub, double sinks, and a full-body spray shower.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 29, 2026
Every robot that faceplanted, lost a limb, or disintegrated in a spray of sparks was borne away on a stretcher by human attendants with deadpan solicitude.
From Slate ● Sep. 27, 2026
The machines are operated remotely and spray crops including pistachio and almond trees.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2026
Tim Speers, 41, allegedly carried spray paint and superglue to the Doylesford Estate in Gloucestershire on 29 July 2022, on the eve of the former prime minister and Carrie Johnson's wedding reception.
From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026
As they watched, it blew another mountain of sea spray high into the air.
From "The Boy Who Met a Whale" by Nizrana Farook
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Those halos can indicate sprays of regolith thrown outward by a fresh impact.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 18, 2026
Buying candles, diffusers and room sprays "can help create a warm, cosy atmosphere, especially as we move into the colder months".
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026
A Labrador sprays his friends with water soaked into his fur from the bone-shaped pool.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026
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
Faro bounded around the tractor, his feet stirring up small sprays of dirt with each bound.
From "Z for Zachariah" by Robert C. O’Brien
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Scented cleaners release terpenes when fragrance compounds evaporate from sprayed droplets or cleaned surfaces.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 26, 2026
A woman sprayed each of us with rose essential oil to help with grounding.
From Slate ● Sep. 22, 2026
The techniques vary: either seeding rockets are burned to release a plume of particles, or the saline solution is sprayed directly into the cloud for greater precision.
From Barron's ● Aug. 12, 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
For twelve full years, the Mary Rose’s timbers were sprayed with water.
From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler
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They include gas leaks, spraying substances to cover the smell of fumes and failing to properly maintain idle wells, among others.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026
The process involves spraying particles such as silver iodide and salt from aircraft to produce rainfall, but depends on clouds being present.
From Barron's ● Aug. 11, 2026
In Barcelona—which last year received nine times as many tourists as it has residents—protesters took to spraying water on tourists.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026
Even before the incident with Verstappen, Russell was afflicted on his final run by a water leak, which was spraying water on to his rear tyres.
From BBC ● Jul. 25, 2026
A cab skids past me, spraying an additional forty gallons of puddle water onto my pants—the only things, so far, that had remained relatively dry.
From "Better Nate Than Ever" by Tim Federle
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