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Noun
  • In Shasta County, near the geographic top of California, McArthur-Burney State Park is known for its picturesque waterfalls, with rainbows rising through the mist when the sun shines just right.
    David Mark, The Washington Examiner, 5 Sep. 2025
  • During their nighttime surveys, researchers found several unfamiliar-looking lizards near a waterfall, the study said.
    Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 5 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Among the schools was TCU, whose players and coaches also wore green ribbons on their lapels at Big 12 Media Days back in July, less than a week after the flood.
    Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 Sep. 2025
  • On Tuesday, 85 scientists released a 459-page rebuttal to the DOE report, highlighting a large body of scientific literature pointing to how climate change can exacerbate droughts, floods, crop failures, and other disasters.
    Robert Schmad, The Washington Examiner, 7 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Nicholas is especially attuned to how the distortion of visual perception can trigger a cascade of runaway mental and physical responses.
    Scott Stossel, The Atlantic, 9 Sep. 2025
  • The easy 1-mile route takes hikers under the bridge—past the spot where George Washington allegedly carved his initials into the rock when surveying the land—and then out to Lace Falls, a 50-foot cascade.
    Lydia Mansel, Southern Living, 8 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Flash floods are usually characterized by raging torrents after heavy rains.
    AZCentral.com, AZCentral.com, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Eight hours of work yield only eight hours of data, a trickle against the torrent that powered language models.
    Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 28 Aug. 2025
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“Cataract.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cataract. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.

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