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bedaubing

verb

present participle of bedaub

as in smearing

to rub an oily or sticky substance over the toddler delightedly bedaubed herself with her mother's makeup

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At the entrance of Kollparay, Quispe pauses, taking my hands and smearing them with soil—the soil of her village.

— Paola Miglio, Condé Nast Traveler, 18 June 2026
This will lead to smearing dust particles around instead of picking them up, which is where a wet cloth comes into play.

— Ashlyn Needham, Southern Living, 5 June 2026

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This provides a ton of flexibility for progression, and feels extremely rewarding for painting units together – and directly ties into that narrative sense of camaraderie that builds as well.

— Hayes Madsen, Space.com, 26 Aug. 2026
As Felix Maldonado began work Saturday on a giant mural on the Smith Ready Mix building on Brown Street, several Duneland Plein Air artists were painting pictures of him.

— Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 25 Aug. 2026

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Most record-breaking perovskite cells in labs rely on spin-coating or wet-chemical solution processing, which doesn’t scale well to large, textured industrial silicon wafers.

— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 26 Aug. 2026
Bring to room temperature before portioning and coating in cinnamon-sugar.

— Rick Martinez, Bon Appetit Magazine, 25 Aug. 2026

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