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as in flood
a great flow of water or of something that overwhelms
in spring the melting snows usually produce a cataract that inundates the valley
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Noun
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The flight passes over the breathtaking Niagara Falls, which is considered one of the best waterfalls in the world with more than 3,100 tons of water flowing over every second.—
Stacey Leasca,
Travel + Leisure,
8 Nov. 2025 -
Frank Lloyd Wright’s Fallingwater (1937) remains the most famous example—a home literally suspended over a waterfall, designed in reverence to its rocky surroundings.—
Leonora Epstein,
Architectural Digest,
7 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Most flood deaths occur in vehicles.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
9 Nov. 2025
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During a flood-the-zone presidency, this seems like a sound strategy.—
Erik Adams,
The Atlantic,
9 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Instead, the reaction proceeds through a cascade of events.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
8 Jan. 2026
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The flying mess creates the ever-present risk of high-speed collisions that could set off a cascade, known as the Kessler Effect, in which the debris from one satellite strikes multiple other satellites which in turn produce more destructive debris of their own and on and on.—
Jeffrey Kluger,
Time,
7 Jan. 2026
Noun
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The statement comes as xAI faces a torrent of criticism from government regulators around the world in connection to images produced by its Grok software over the past several days.—
David Ingram,
NBC news,
8 Jan. 2026
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Residents had to frantically flee their homes as a torrent of debris rushed through town and encased homes and cars in feet of mud.—
Briana Waxman,
CNN Money,
31 Dec. 2025
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“Cataract.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cataract. Accessed 10 Jan. 2026.
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