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freshet

noun

Definition of freshet

as in runoff

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Recent Examples of freshet The Hudson River had a little current, fed by freshets from upstream with local rains, and melting snow farther up, in the Adirondacks. — Ian Frazier, The New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2020 As August turned to September, the sun dropped and the first cold freshet of autumn rainwater flowed out of the mountains and tickled the noses of the salmon waiting off Astoria, where the Columbia meets the Pacific Ocean. — Patrick Symmes, Harper's magazine, 28 Oct. 2019 Pools of it, rivulets of it, lapping lakes and freshets of it, in a green and timbered landscape — our eyes were always thirsty for the sight of it. — Los Angeles Times, 17 Aug. 2019 And spring will come and melt this frozen beauty with its thunderous freshet. — Peter Marteka, courant.com, 7 Jan. 2018 Director Matthew Ozawa gave the demon barber and all his victims credible backstories, adding flesh to the freshets of blood in Skylight Music Theatre’s production of this Sondheim classic. — Mike Fischer, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 15 Dec. 2017 And so this river rises, gathers new freshets, drains ever more valleys. — Bill McKibben, New Republic, 12 July 2017 New springs, freshets of water popping out of the mountain and onto the road, created small gullies almost daily, and mud tainted the blue ocean the color of a café latte in broad eddies circling up the coast. — Thomas Curwen, latimes.com, 26 May 2017

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Noun

The runoff between Allen and attorney Jane Kim, is the only statewide race between two Democrats.

— Ben Paviour, Sacbee.com, 2 Aug. 2026
The list of challenges comes as Bass needs to build momentum heading toward the November runoff against Councilmember Nithya Raman, who came in second in the June primary.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 2 Aug. 2026

Definition of runoff

Noun

The company’s first non-Finnish CEO, Stephen Elop (a Canadian fresh off a two-year stint on Microsoft’s leadership team), did not mince words.

— IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 13 July 2026
Similar to the millennial mint that's been making the rounds, Tiffany blue brings the same fresh, uplifting energy with a slightly more luxe feel.

— Amanda Le, InStyle, 15 June 2026

Definition of fresh

Noun

French doors open onto simple gardens and wildflower meadows that slope toward a picturesque brook.

— Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 2 Aug. 2026
Temescal Gateway Park is a 141-acre expanse in Pacific Palisades that features a babbling brook, oak and sycamore canyons and trails that zigzag up the mountains, providing views of the Pacific Ocean and its coastline.

— Jaclyn Cosgrove, Los Angeles Times, 23 July 2026

Definition of brook

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Grassroots organizers also say the first wave of notices did not reach many residents who live on one side of the arroyo and were distributed only in English.

— Mack Baysinger Follow, Los Angeles Times, 26 July 2026
Her soon-to-be husband waited for her where the arroyo opened to the road.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 18 Mar. 2026

Definition of arroyo

Noun

Life threatening flooding of low water crossings, small creeks and streams, urban areas, highways, streets and underpasses continues.

— NC Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 2 Aug. 2026
The two groups worked for the past five years tearing out asphalt, restoring creeks for salmon and other wildlife and replanting more than 50,000 native plants, including redwoods.

— Paul Rogers, Mercury News, 28 July 2026

Definition of creek

Noun

Those residents might also like to see the name of Indian Creek, another rill which traverses the county, given a new designation.

— Charles Selle, Chicago Tribune, 30 Mar. 2026
His verses evoke sacred rivers, fertile grounds and gardens bright with sinuous rills—a lyrical world beyond the inauspicious reality of its start-point.

— Natalie Hoberman, Forbes, 22 Feb. 2025

Definition of rill

Noun

It is built across what once was a narrow streamlet with water so clean that the community used it to wash their clothes and bathe children.

— Hasan Ali, The Christian Science Monitor, 23 Feb. 2023
The water vapor signal in that band, though, is small, like a streamlet.

— Alejandra Borunda, National Geographic, 26 Nov. 2019

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