as in wetting
to make or become slightly or moderately wet
her forehead gently bedewed with perspiration
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Considerations Before Getting Started Before cleaning your sidewalks, gather some basic safety equipment such as gloves and eye protection, and protect plants and grass bordering your sidewalk from bleach and cleaners by wetting them down and covering them with plastic sheeting or old towels.—
Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
13 Mar. 2026 -
When cleaning your upholstered headboard, avoid over-wetting it.—
Kate Van Pelt,
The Spruce,
3 Mar. 2026
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This peripheral features silent key switches with additional sound-damping material in the chassis, as well as dedicated shortcut keys and a volume knob.—
Aubrey Jowers,
PC Magazine,
31 Mar. 2026
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The only change here, though, is that the KB399 gets more suspension adjustment than the Kawasaki, thanks to preload and damping adjusters.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
26 Mar. 2026
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To maintain balayage color, it is recommended to avoid washing hair for three days post-application and use hair masks or natural hair oil to keep the color vibrant.—
Kaitlyn Yarborough,
Southern Living,
4 Apr. 2026
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In college, that morphed into her providing free detergent for those washing their clothes.—
Darcel Rockett,
Chicago Tribune,
3 Apr. 2026
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Step two is flushing the gutters with water.—
Lauren Jarvis-Gibson,
Kansas City Star,
31 Mar. 2026
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Like any other self-flushing litter box, this one needs to be connected to both a water source and a drain.—
Maryna Holovnova,
New Atlas,
30 Mar. 2026
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Raw meat was frozen in trash bags and an employee washed dishes without rinsing them.—
Eleanor Nash,
Kansas City Star,
2 Apr. 2026
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An employee was washing and rinsing dishes.—
Sacbee.com,
Sacbee.com,
27 Mar. 2026
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Soften turf by moistening the lawn a day or two before removal and use a sharp space to cut small sections.—
David Beaulieu,
The Spruce,
15 Feb. 2026
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Your nose is better at warming and moistening the cold, dry air than your mouth.—
Susan Russell,
Verywell Health,
23 Dec. 2025
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But a shortage of foreign workers is dampening the mood.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
26 Mar. 2026
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That change has brought layoffs and smaller travel budgets, both dampening San Jose’s conference and convention recovery, Bellisario said.—
Ethan Baron,
Mercury News,
21 Mar. 2026
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“Bedewing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bedewing. Accessed 5 Apr. 2026.
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