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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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The work itself will depict scenes such as flowing waterfalls and eroding winds alongside signs of civilization including cabins, keyboards, and vehicles.—
Thomas Patier,
Artforum,
6 May 2026 -
The waterfall has long been considered one of California’s signature natural landmarks.—
Corey Schmidt,
Sacbee.com,
6 May 2026
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The flood of Chinese car exports to the rest of the world does not stem from some kind of altruistic intention from President Xi Jinping to increase global mobility.—
Jonathan M. Gitlin,
ArsTechnica,
1 May 2026
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The exhibit included two amphibious trucks that AT&T personnel have used to cross rivers and floods to restore cell sites, plus a 46-foot-long landing craft that the firm bought two years ago to transport up to 20,000 pounds of larger vehicles and gear.—
Rob Pegoraro,
PC Magazine,
1 May 2026
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He was found dead by suicide in his jail cell that August — the result of what federal investigators concluded in 2023 was a cascade of misconduct, negligence and errors by staff at the Metropolitan Correctional Center.—
Tom Winter,
NBC news,
7 May 2026
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Dwyer knew that a Russian physicist, Aleksandr Gurevich, had shown in 1992 that such a runaway electron could unleash a cascade of perhaps 100,000 electrons, akin to the avalanches that initiate sparks in the lab but playing out over hundreds to thousands of meters.—
Quanta Magazine,
Quanta Magazine,
6 May 2026
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With each goal, a torrent of emotion was let loose.—
Eric Stephens,
New York Times,
25 Apr. 2026
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The complaint stated that officers unleashed a torrent of pepper spray, tear gas grenades, rubber bullets and baton strikes, despite the women posing no threat and complying with officers’ orders.—
William Melhado,
Sacbee.com,
24 Apr. 2026
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“Cataract.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cataract. Accessed 7 May. 2026.
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