sparkling water
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sparkling waters
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If the sauce needs nothing from me, I can spend that energy making dessert, mixing a cocktail for guests, warming bread — or simply deciding which sparkling water sounds good.
From Salon ● Sep. 20, 2026
After that, I’ll shoot over to Los Feliz and go to Maru Coffee and get either a cortado or the espresso, because it comes with a little sparkling water, and a croissant.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026
Last night, I made one with cucumber, jalapeño, honey, sparkling water and ginger.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026
When the wine was of poor quality or the weather hot, soldiers would dilute -- or "spritzen" or spray in German -- their drink with sparkling water.
From Barron's ● Jul. 29, 2026
The Haitian American engineering feat at Cange was not a case of simple technology; the pipe bringing up the clean, sparkling water from the underground river could not have happened without sophisticated engineering.
From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French
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