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as in to drown
to make wet
bathe your contact lens with the solution before inserting them
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as in to illumine
to supply with light
the walls of the canyon were bathed with the warm rays of the setting sun
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Recent Examples of bathe
Elders living alone who can no longer cook or clean, who stopped paying their bills or answering the door, who aren’t taking their meds or bathing themselves, who are lost or don’t remember to turn off a stove might get a visit from an adult protective investigator.
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Carol Marbin Miller, Miami Herald, 2 Apr. 2026
These students are building devices to make everyday activities like bathing, playing, and reading more accessible and fun.
—Lauren Crawford, CBS News, 2 Apr. 2026
The girl did not have access to a bathroom, the affidavit said, and she was forced to wash her clothes in a small bucket and to bathe outside in their backyard.
—Angie Dimichele, Sun Sentinel, 1 Apr. 2026
An absence, that is, until Wednesday or Sunday rolled around (the days when I was allowed to bathe) and my own scent began to offend my nostrils.
—Jeremy O. Harris, Vanity Fair, 1 Apr. 2026
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Carol Marbin Miller, Miami Herald, 2 Apr. 2026
These students are building devices to make everyday activities like bathing, playing, and reading more accessible and fun.
—Lauren Crawford, CBS News, 2 Apr. 2026
The girl did not have access to a bathroom, the affidavit said, and she was forced to wash her clothes in a small bucket and to bathe outside in their backyard.
—Angie Dimichele, Sun Sentinel, 1 Apr. 2026
An absence, that is, until Wednesday or Sunday rolled around (the days when I was allowed to bathe) and my own scent began to offend my nostrils.
—Jeremy O. Harris, Vanity Fair, 1 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bathe
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The way the changing room was designed, Mitchell had to run through the galley-style showers to wash the mess off.—
Jordan Campbell,
New York Times,
8 Apr. 2026
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Do yourself a favor and grab a caguama (a liter-size beer) to wash it down.—
Anais Martinez,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
8 Apr. 2026
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Tens of thousands fled by boat from Hue, many drowning in the attempt, and by the end of March a million refugees—soldiers, civilians, whole extended families—were clogging Route 7B, a major highway, trying to get farther south.—
Louis Menand,
New Yorker,
13 Apr. 2026
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One was a young man from West Africa, who survived the dangerous journey by sea to the Italian island of Lampedusa in the Mediterranean, where tens of thousands of migrants have drowned.—
Norah O'Donnell,
CBS News,
12 Apr. 2026
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Fantastic, illumined by periodic excursions into surrealism, as when the crew of a mysterious UFO boards a transpacific Kahuna Airlines jet midflight.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Apr. 2026
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Geraldine walked over to Felix and Jane’s for fish soup, through long autumn shadows in the park, haze rising like smoke from the grass, illumined by the low sun.—
Tessa Hadley,
New Yorker,
25 Jan. 2026
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Then hose it down with a garden hose to fully wet the rug.—
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
6 Apr. 2026
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Use a garden hose to fully wet the rug.—
Lauren Jarvis-Gibson,
Miami Herald,
4 Apr. 2026
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Strings on folk or rock albums often exist to bolster melodies or add some easy drama; Eisenberg uses them as bursts of color, miniature sunsets briefly illuminating their melodies before sinking below the horizon.—
Reed Jackson,
SPIN,
6 Apr. 2026
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During their closest approach to the moon, when the Orion capsule will fly about 4,070 miles away from the moon’s surface, around 21% of the moon's far side should be illuminated and visible to the astronauts, according to Kelsey Young, the Artemis II lunar science lead.—
Evan Bush,
NBC news,
6 Apr. 2026
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Staff makes sure people are well-watered; this isn’t a place for snobs on either side of the bar.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
7 Apr. 2026
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People can keep their grass in this state throughout the hottest months of summer by watering them minimally during July and August and reviving them in the fall.—
Ella Nilsen,
CNN Money,
6 Apr. 2026
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Yearning to light some tech on fire is a relatable feeling these days, as generative artificial intelligence promises to supplant nearly every form of non-physical labor, social media wreaks havoc on the mental health of young people, and massive data centers loom as environmental blights.—
Kyle Chayka,
New Yorker,
8 Apr. 2026
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Balat then allegedly lit that device and ran with it before dropping it.—
Alexa Herrera,
CBS News,
8 Apr. 2026
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On the end with the front gable, the designer stacked two floor-to-ceiling windows to give the illusion of a single continuous one and to flood the interior with ample natural light.—
Cameron Beall,
Southern Living,
12 Apr. 2026
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When the White House proposed winding down SLS and the Orion spacecraft after just three flights in its budget request to Congress last May, lobbyists from contractors like Boeing and Lockheed Martin flooded Capitol Hill.—
Sana Pashankar,
Fortune,
11 Apr. 2026
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“Bathe.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bathe. Accessed 14 Apr. 2026.
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