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Others have been contributing quietly or splashily to important philanthropic causes like feminist art, L.G.B.T.Q. rights and saving the whales.

From New York Times • Jul. 5, 2022

There, she averted the end of the world, splashily and with Tom Cruise playing her sidekick.

From Time • Nov. 29, 2

With their equipment splashily plastered with brand names, contestants paraded before the TV cameras like walking commercials.

From Time Magazine Archive

Best-looking entries in the show were a group of splashily printed fabrics, done with the silk-screen process by Czechoslovak Architect Antonin Raymond.

From Time Magazine Archive

Crossing the street, she came down rather splashily in a pool of water, wetting and staining the light slippers.

From Humoresque A Laugh on Life with a Tear Behind It by Hurst, Fannie