In a recent paper, Hurst, along with colleague Annamaria Lusardi of Dartmouth, splashed cold water on the purported correlation between wealth and entrepreneurship.

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With light rain as my only company, I walked through Paris until I reached the famous pyramid, splashed with water nymphs in the form of diamond-coloured drops, surrounded by Japanese tourists holding candy-coloured umbrellas.

BBC: The bloom of cancer

He said that the policemen had splashed soapy water on the floor and walls of the cell, as they usually did, and that the old man, who had not bathed in a week, had yanked his shirt off and rubbed his frail back against the wet floor.

NEWYORKER: Cell One

The boards, made by Beachbeat in St Agnes, are able to be used if the owner wants, but as they are now believed to be the most expensive surfboards in the world, it is likely they may not be splashed with sea water.

BBC: Buyers splash out on Hirst boards

We kept sinking into little craters filled with water that splashed up onto the windshield, as if we were driving through a car wash.

NEWYORKER: Reverting to a Wild State

If the Israeli girls had plucked my cowboy-hatted visage from the side of the road because it lent a sense of Thelma and Louise exoticism to their day, I surely destroyed the Brad Pitt mystique once I splashed out into the Galilean water and began to flail around on a rented board.

FORBES: Magazine Article

Last year, 8, 000 people volunteered as part of the marathon, 4, 500 pounds of pasta were served at the pre-race pasta dinner, 32, 040 gallons of Gatorade were handed out, and 62, 370 gallons of Poland Spring Water was made available to runners who splashed it on their faces while throwing 2.3 million cups on the ground.

FORBES: Cancel the Marathon

He splashed over to the foot of the stairs and looked up at a ladder of water coming down, a scrim of ice on the edges like a mountain stream.

NEWYORKER: Idols