squirt
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At highway speeds, the sedan’s sharp reflexes and deep reserves of squirt create significant moral temptation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 25, 2026
A squirt of dish soap, a cup of hot water, a few pulses, a quick brush.
From Salon ● Apr. 21, 2026
Unlike the sea squirt, both the lamprey and the frog produced many more versions of proteins from individual signaling output genes.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 4, 2026
One of her son’s friends had taken the squirt gun game too far, she thought.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 8, 2025
I squirt in a little soap and swish the water as the sink fills.
From "Muffled" by Jennifer Gennari
“I had found my drink, my happy place,” said Benson, who over time perfected his order: seven pumps of chai concentrate, seven squirts of sugar-free vanilla syrup.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
Sea squirts are invertebrates, making them useful for identifying differences between animals without backbones and those with them.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 4, 2026
You can also add a few squirts of TJ’s Sriracha Sauce, just before adding the seasoning packet, for a spicy kick.
From Salon ● Aug. 22, 2025
To construct a house, the Vulcan II squirts out layer after layer of the house’s walls onto the base.
From NewsForKids.net ● May 10, 2024
He squirts way too much dishwashing liquid in the sink.
From "The Hate U Give" by Angie Thomas
In a few seconds the CrossWave had squirted to its top speed of 55 mph and was skipping across the gentle swells in a blaring, brutalizing ecstasy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2026
"A lot of stuff gets dropped on or squirted at the audience," noted Lukowski.
From BBC ● Dec. 1, 2025
They have contracting muscle bands, like those in the human throat, that pump water sucked from one side of the body and squirted out the other end to create thrust, Damian-Serrano said.
From Science Daily ● May 15, 2024
The ball squirted some 20 yards into Bills territory and was recovered by Nick Herbig at Buffalo’s 33.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 15, 2024
She squirted some ketchup onto her hot dog and took a steaming, juicy bite.
From "George" by Alex Gino
For days before his PortaSplit arrived, he had resorted to squirting water on his face to keep cool at home.
From BBC ● Jul. 16, 2026
Frustrated locals have often staged protests around it, sometimes squirting tourists with water guns.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 7, 2026
A team led by the University of Oxford has solved a mystery that has intrigued scientists for centuries: how does the squirting cucumber squirt?
From Science Daily ● Nov. 25, 2024
But this time, the Lakers were too loose, the ball squirting free to trigger a three-on-one fastbreak for the Pistons.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 14, 2024
“Where’s your bull man?” says the man, squirting a wad of tobacco juice from the corner of his mouth.
From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen
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