douches

verb

present tense third-person singular of douche
as in hoses

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  1. streams
  2. gushes
  3. flows
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  • In the United States the show streams on the ESPN App and requires an ESPN Unlimited plan.
    — Brian Mazique, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026
  • Still, Rogan’s The Joe Rogan Experience, which streams on Spotify, finished in the top spot.
    — Brenton Blanchet, PEOPLE, 31 July 2026
Definition of streams
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  • Clarkson gushes while the pair — both shedding tears — embrace.
    — Lydia Price, PEOPLE, 29 July 2026
  • Trump has made clear his disdain for NATO, his affection for Putin, gushes over autocrats, and withholds military support for Ukraine.
    — Arthur House, Hartford Courant, 15 June 2026
Definition of gushes
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  • Nasser said current trade flows through the Strait of Hormuz are at a tenth of pre-conflict levels, adding that the world will continue to lose more than 100 million barrels of crude for each week the passage is closed.
    — Hanna Ziady, CNN Money, 4 Aug. 2026
  • What changes when information flows in, validation flows out and nothing meaningfully challenges the assumptions that entered the system in the first place?
    — Samuel Rodrigues, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of flows
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