freshets

plural of freshet

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for freshets
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
  • The property, which features lush greenery and old-growth trees set among babbling brooks and water features, is open to the public, and the gardens have served as a popular spot for weddings over the decades in addition to an annual Mother’s Day tea that Weston said attracts hundreds each year.
    Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 Sep. 2025
  • Many of these parcels have elements like oak woodlands, meadows, brooks and rivers that create cooler, wetter areas that help plants and animals endure wildfires or periods of extreme heat or drought.
    Beth Rose Middleton Manning, The Conversation, 15 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Floodwaters threatened hundreds of homes in southwestern Colorado over the weekend as heavy rains caused rivers and creeks in multiple counties to overflow.
    Lauren Penington, Denver Post, 12 Oct. 2025
  • Flash flooding is especially dangerous in Arizona due to the prevalence of dry washes, creeks, and urban infrastructure that can overwhelm drainage systems with little warning.
    Hollie Silverman, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Oct. 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
  • Workers have complained of chemical burns from the waste material generated by the tunneling process, and firefighters must decontaminate their equipment after conducting rescues from the project sites.
    Anjeanette Damon, ProPublica, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Ingestion of button cell or coin batteries can lead to severe internal chemical burns or even death.
    Daniel Orton, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Oct. 2025
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