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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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Noun
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No use shootin' for the moon / no use chasing waterfalls.—
Diana Leyva,
The Tennessean,
5 Aug. 2025 -
The deceptively tranquil opening finds a monk meditating in a cave, then finding a mysterious conch shell in the pool beneath a waterfall.—
Dennis Harvey,
Variety,
3 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Virtually every major medical association denounces it as junk science, and a flood of studies has warned of the dangers.—
Daniel Wine,
CNN Money,
6 Aug. 2025
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Denying disaster aid to states and cities that stand for human rights could cost lives after hurricanes, floods, and wildfires.—
Gabe Whisnant,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Aug. 2025
Noun
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The result was a cascade of metal pollution that washed down the slopes with the rain, winding through creeks and seeping into lakes.—
Aubrey Hillman,
The Conversation,
8 Aug. 2025
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What Wilm delivered was a cascade of mother-of-pearl motifs and coral anchoring the vaulted space.—
Dobrina Zhekova,
Travel + Leisure,
4 Aug. 2025
Noun
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The torrent of woe-is-me stories out of Harvard never ends.—
Howie Carr,
Boston Herald,
3 Aug. 2025
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Authorities discharged floodwater from a reservoir in Miyun on Monday after its maximum flood peak flow reached a record high of 6,550 cubic meters per second, to make space for incoming torrents, Xinhua reported.—
Nectar Gan,
CNN Money,
28 July 2025
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“Cataract.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cataract. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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