as in wetting
to make wet
I was so bedraggled by the relentless rain that I couldn't wait to get into some dry clothes
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Potential for wetting rain exists and could provide additional containment opportunities.—
CA WILDFIRE BOT,
Sacbee.com,
3 Sep. 2025 -
To clean, start by wetting the inside of your shower.—
Daley Quinn,
Southern Living,
20 Aug. 2025
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The autopsy report also noted drowning, coronary artery disease and the effects of buprenorphine — a drug used to treat opioid use disorder — as contributing to his death at the age of 54.—
Dominic Patten,
Deadline,
3 Sep. 2025
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Avoid drowning leaders in dashboards — insight without relevance is just noise.—
Vibhas Ratanjee,
Forbes.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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If a separate closet or dresser outside the bathroom is unavailable to you, then Trosclair advises being diligent in cycling through your linens and washing them regularly to fight any mildewing, molding, or weathering from the moisture.—
Hallie Milstein,
Southern Living,
2 Sep. 2025
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As my colleague Yasmin Tayag has written, corporations have been MAHA-washing their products to highlight those free of artificial dyes, high-fructose corn syrup, and seed oils.—
Tom Bartlett,
The Atlantic,
1 Sep. 2025
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Just two days before filming began in the northwest regional province of Santiago Rodriguez, a powerful storm swept through the Dominican Republic, flooding the ground floor of the production office and bringing much of Santo Domingo to a halt.—
Anna Marie de la Fuente,
Variety,
8 Sep. 2025
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However, that did not stop Taylor Swift fans from flooding Tart's social media with stern reactions.—
Ryan Morik,
FOXNews.com,
6 Sep. 2025
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“Bedraggling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bedraggling. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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