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spray

[sprey] / spreɪ /




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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

Pretti’s last act had been to try to defend someone from pepper spray.

From Slate Jul. 27, 2026

Far easier to build the observatory of brick and to spray it with stucco, approximating concrete’s smooth contours.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 24, 2026

The officers tried to calm the situation but then used pepper spray.

From BBC Jul. 21, 2026

Is a student behind it, or did some adult sneak into our school with a can of red spray paint?

From "Linked" by Gordon Korman

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

She sprays “XO Kylie” across the billboard, gets back in her car, and leaves.

From Salon Jul. 2, 2026

Small studies suggest these sprays may help memory or reduce brain shrinkage, but delivery methods remain a challenge.

From Science Daily Jun. 17, 2026

All of this had the effect of making a monstrous chute where the water fought and roared to get through, smashing around the rocks in huge sprays of white water.

From "The River" by Gary Paulsen

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

From Science Daily Jul. 17, 2026

He took the same relaxed view about his latex puppet in the satirical series, Spitting Image, which mocked his slight speech impediment and sprayed saliva when it spoke.

From BBC Jun. 14, 2026

Many shop fronts along the route were boarded up, with the plywood then sprayed with graffiti.

From Barron's Jun. 14, 2026

And in 2026, I was sprayed with beer, hit it in the head by a flying paper sombrero, and watched El Tri win its opening game with a 2-0 victory over South Africa.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 13, 2026

Mia sprayed the counter and swept the sponge across it, corralling crumbs into the sink.

From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng

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

His family tried to save their home by spraying it with garden hoses until firefighters arrived.

From BBC Jul. 24, 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

Whenever they felt liquid spraying down from the stands, they could only hope it was beer.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 10, 2026

He took his monocle from the chain and struck it against a rock, spraying hungry sparks over the pile of tinder.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman




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