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verb

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Recent Examples of flood
Noun
Visit a Real-Life Movie Set After a 2008 flood washed through this roadside pullout 4 miles west of Lajitas, just a single adobe structure still stands at the Contrabando movie set. Pam Leblanc, Southern Living, 24 Jan. 2025 It should be noted here that, while a flood of words has poured forth from Trump this week, his Inaugural Address never even mentioned his campaign promise to get Congress to pass sweeping tax cuts, or any other legislative agenda of consequence. Susan B. Glasser, The New Yorker, 23 Jan. 2025
Verb
But the Trump administration warns this is only the beginning of their border crackdown, and thousands more troops could be flooding in soon. ABC News, 26 Jan. 2025 Thousands of hills and mounds on Mars have been found to contain layers of clay minerals, which formed when running water interacted with the rocks during a period when Mars' northern reaches were flooded. Keith Cooper, Space.com, 25 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for flood 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for flood
Noun
  • The woman at the office threw up her hands and unleashed a torrent of Spanish.
    Gary Shteyngart, The New Yorker, 27 Jan. 2025
  • Early photos and video captured by several residents confirm the first flames of the fire burned just below the tower, before racing down the canyon and blasting a torrent of embers that destroyed hundreds of homes.
    Salvador Hernandez, Los Angeles Times, 25 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • Brian McShea and Stephanie Raynor, who had a home in the Altadena neighborhood that was engulfed in flames by the Eaton Fire, lost everything in a blink of an eye.
    Raven Brunner, People.com, 27 Jan. 2025
  • Just a few hours later, flames had engulfed almost every home on their block.
    Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 26 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • Within days of the first flames, the shelter — which was overwhelmed by donations of food bowls, blankets and large crates from grateful residents — was packed to the rafters with animals.
    Johnny Dodd, People.com, 24 Jan. 2025
  • These fighters are holding the line against Russians in Eastern Ukraine so that the invaders don’t overwhelm the entire country and then threaten NATO.
    Christian Blauvelt, IndieWire, 23 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • Want to build an idyllic life for your Sims, or drown one of them in a freak pool accident?
    Susan Stone, NPR, 1 Feb. 2025
  • Leaving seeds in the water too long can drown the plant embryo and cause the seeds to rot.
    Leanne Potts, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • Part of the boat was submerged, and no one on board was alive, Police Commissioner James Sutton told The Associated Press.
    Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 30 Jan. 2025
  • The plane broke into multiple pieces, now submerged in 5-8 feet of water.
    John Feng, Newsweek, 30 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • Those towns’ property values are about to take a dip as well as the schools are deluged with non-English speaking students.
    Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 15 May 2024
  • Reising warned that despite the big storms that have deluged the region in the past couple of months, a La Niña weather system has the potential to bring drier conditions, particularly in the southern portion of the state.
    Sharon Udasin, The Hill, 2 Jan. 2025

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“Flood.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flood. Accessed 7 Feb. 2025.

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