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douche

verb

Definition of douche

as in to hose

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But Indiana got hosed and Notre Dame (whom Gen Z might now hate) could be a national champ contender in hiding.

— Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 7 Aug. 2026
Firefighters hose down embers close to a road as water helicopters target a nearby stand of trees.

— Gerry Hadden, Christian Science Monitor, 27 July 2026

Definition of hose

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For the traditional Telugu Hindu ceremony, their priest translated Sanskrit to English in real time, and the mandap was designed as a circle to represent how life flows into itself for eternity.

— Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 29 Aug. 2026
Millions of people across the floodplains of the Indian subcontinent depend on the water that flows downstream.

— Simone McCarthy, CNN Money, 29 Aug. 2026

Definition of flow

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His daughter Corrine, who also participated in the interview and appears alongside him in the game show Beat Shazam, gushed about working with her father.

— Juliana Ukiomogbe, InStyle, 21 Aug. 2026
And as Salfino wrote in his Zero RB column, Mitchell was a lightning-quick signing by the Chargers the moment free agency opened, with John Harbaugh gushing about how dangerous RBs with Mitchell’s speed can be.

— Jess Bryant, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of gush

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The two-hour show, which streamed live on the Queen Beauty Network, included the swimsuit and evening-gown presentations and a question-and-answer session.

— Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 28 Aug. 2026
The next few weeks will also bring fresh seasons of Hulu’s Chad Powers, Peacock’s The Paper, and Apple TV’s Slow Horses — all of which are returning within a year (or less) of when their last episodes streamed.

— Josef Adalian, Vulture, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of stream

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Paramedics with the Liberty Fire Department rushed to his aid and took him to a local hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

— Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 30 Aug. 2026
Outside the emergency room entrance, Katie Winschief floated above her body as paramedics put her in a wheelchair and rushed her toward the hospital doors.

— Michael Collins, USA Today, 30 Aug. 2026

Definition of rush

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