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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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A week earlier, an emergency rescue helicopter found the woman with bruises and lacerations after a fall at a rocky spot at the waterfall on the South Island's West Coast.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
1 Apr. 2026 -
Zigzagging through the Norwegian fjords and pulling into this tiny town, with straight-up-and-down mountains and waterfalls all around you, is just… wow.—
Ashlea Halpern,
Condé Nast Traveler,
1 Apr. 2026
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Checchi, in particular, barraged voters with an unrelenting flood of ads.—
Mark Z. Barabak,
Mercury News,
28 Mar. 2026
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Domestic migration into the Sun Belt states is declining, due in part to off-the-chart heat waves, devastating storms, once-in-a-century floods, and year-round fire seasons — along with the consequential costs, such as unaffordable homeowners’ insurance and destroyed livelihoods.—
DP Opinion,
Denver Post,
28 Mar. 2026
Noun
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So women adjust, drink more coffee and keep going while a quiet cascade of health consequences builds in the background.—
Allison Palmer,
Sacbee.com,
1 Apr. 2026
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Nothing is foreordained; a single change can mean a different outcome, or a cascade of them, that shifts the course of history.—
The New Yorker,
New Yorker,
1 Apr. 2026
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Following a torrent of criticism, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel would try to partially open the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in the coming days.—
Dallas Morning News,
Dallas Morning News,
29 Mar. 2026
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What followed was a torrent of money.—
Antonio María Delgado,
Miami Herald,
27 Mar. 2026
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“Cataract.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cataract. Accessed 3 Apr. 2026.
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