freshets

plural of freshet

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Noun
  • Several rivulets flowed lazily through the debris.
    Daniel A. Gross, New Yorker, 27 Aug. 2025
  • Perhaps those latent rivulets reside in machines.
    Thomas Moynihan, Big Think, 20 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Locally heavy rain will quickly reduce visibility and result in ponding of water on roadways, standing water in low lying areas, and minor flooding of creeks, streams, and areas of poor drainage.
    NC Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 6 Sep. 2025
  • Watch for rapid rises in creeks, streams and normally dry washes.
    Staff reports, AZCentral.com, 5 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • They are found in a wide variety of habitats but prefer oak-cabbage palm hammocks, freshwater marshes and sloughs, pine flatwoods, and more open agricultural areas.
    Saman Shafiq, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2025
  • If something happens to the water, land or the sloughs that hold the wild rice beds, the tribe has nowhere else to go, Tsosie explained.
    Caitlin Looby, jsonline.com, 13 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Responding firefighters discovered Maureen in the living room with severe burns, a fractured larynx and soot in her airway, the DA's office said.
    Bonny Chu, FOXNews.com, 13 Sep. 2025
  • Harnessing the benefits of niacinamide, the top-seller protects from both UVA rays (responsible for visible aging) and UVB ones (those that actually cause burns).
    Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 12 Sep. 2025
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“Freshets.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/freshets. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.

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