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as in stream
an overwhelming flow or rush of something
Jet streams can be thought of as giant rivers of air that circulate around the globe. He was overwhelmed by the river of new information that the document dump provided.
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Recent Examples of river
The environs of Mount Katmai had been home to a lush river valley.
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Quanta Magazine, 27 Mar. 2026
Flooding events have affected 21 counties and at least two rivers have burst their banks since heavy rains started earlier this month.
—ABC News, 27 Mar. 2026
Major recreational uses include hiking, river access, boating, fishing, camping, mountain biking and limited hiking.
—Sacbee.com, 27 Mar. 2026
Women and girls are asked to imagine themselves as a river, provoking powerful reflection on the culture of gender in post-Soviet Asia.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 26 Mar. 2026
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Quanta Magazine, 27 Mar. 2026
Flooding events have affected 21 counties and at least two rivers have burst their banks since heavy rains started earlier this month.
—ABC News, 27 Mar. 2026
Major recreational uses include hiking, river access, boating, fishing, camping, mountain biking and limited hiking.
—Sacbee.com, 27 Mar. 2026
Women and girls are asked to imagine themselves as a river, provoking powerful reflection on the culture of gender in post-Soviet Asia.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 26 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for river
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An example of the canal’s importance was seen in 2021, when a cargo ship became stuck across the waterway, cutting off the shipping lane.—
Justin Klawans,
TheWeek,
31 Mar. 2026
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In Connecticut, volunteers are needed to help cleanup the Long Wharf in New Haven at the canal dock boathouse.—
Stephen Underwood,
Hartford Courant,
31 Mar. 2026
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Due to increasing activity from the Anthelion sporadic meteor source (a broad region in the night sky that produces a steady, low-level stream of meteors year round) and maybe improved reporting, this amount reflects both a high total count and frequency.—
Janet Loehrke,
USA Today,
28 Mar. 2026
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Mid-May can bring the beginning of a new income stream.—
Magi Helena,
Dallas Morning News,
28 Mar. 2026
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The vital waterway usually handles a fifth of the world’s oil shipments and nearly a third of the world’s fertilizer trade.—
Farnoush Amiri,
Chicago Tribune,
28 Mar. 2026
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The Strait of Hormuz, the single most important waterway for global oil trade, has been largely blocked to tanker traffic for weeks now.—
Camila Domonoske,
NPR,
27 Mar. 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
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With its 18th-century buildings and cobblestones, rue de la Commune feels like the Rive Droite in Paris—except instead of a rivulet, the water is the size of a sea.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
28 Mar. 2026
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Hot stones are added, one by one, as the air inside gets heavier, the heat searing the nose and the throat, the sweat starting in rivulets that turn into streams as the smell gets more intense, the heartbeat swells, the mind races.—
Brian Moylan,
Vulture,
5 Mar. 2026
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The Baltic Sea lacks strong tides that could have freed the whale.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
27 Mar. 2026
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But by March 2018, the tides had clearly shifted; although Republican midterm primary voters only saw slight decreases from 2014, Democrats surged from just 10,500 votes in the 2014 governor primary to nearly 60,000, a rise that was seen down ballot as well.—
Joseph States,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Mar. 2026
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“River.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/river. Accessed 1 Apr. 2026.
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