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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hosed (down)
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Entrenched Chinese foreign policy positions, including territorial disputes and industrial subsidies that have flooded foreign markets with cheap exports, will likely remain friction points, experts say, while India's deep distrust of China will not dissipate because of one brief meeting.—
James Pomfret,
USA Today,
5 Sep. 2025 -
Shortly after her home flooded, Olathe denied her tort claim in early August.—
Taylor O'Connor,
Kansas City Star,
5 Sep. 2025
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Records show that Washington Medicaid officials have been inundated with questions from CMS about federal payments covering emergency and pregnancy care for immigrants without legal status.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
6 Sep. 2025
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Records show Washington Medicaid officials have been inundated with questions from CMS about federal payments covering emergency and pregnancy care for immigrants without legal status.—
Angela Hart,
Fortune,
5 Sep. 2025
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Of course, the retort is that this would be irritating and exasperating to be continually deluged with alerts about AI deceptiveness.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
24 Aug. 2025
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Drizzle butter over crumb mixture; pulse until evenly moistened.—
Ann Taylor Pittman,
Southern Living,
24 Aug. 2025
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Using a spatula, stir until the flour is just moistened and mostly incorporated (a few small clumps are okay).—
Karla Walsh,
Better Homes & Gardens,
7 Aug. 2025
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Ashcraft then started wetting down the roof of her family’s home until they were ordered to evacuate.—
Seema Mehta,
Los Angeles Times,
29 June 2025
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Her lifestyle website recommends wetting down the tub with warm water, then applying a paste consisting of a mix of baking soda and a dollop of dish soap.—
Emily Kay Votruba,
EverydayHealth.com,
2 June 2025
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This article is specific to DraftKings with a little bit of FanDuel sprinkled in.—
Gladys Louise Tyler,
Forbes.com,
6 Sep. 2025
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Bone meal sprinkled around the plant and watered into the soil is a good source of phosphorus.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
Southern Living,
5 Sep. 2025
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Accepting the biggest award of the night on Sunday, September 7 at New York’s UBS Arena, Grande took the stage with the video’s director Christian Breslauer, and showered her fans with both appreciation and inspiration.—
Cathy Applefeld Olson,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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Mount Fuji’s dormant threat Fuji, Japan’s tallest peak, erupted roughly every 30 years and 318 years since its last eruption, known as the Hoei eruption, showered ash across Edo.—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
29 Aug. 2025
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Many residents of Hazard are still reeling from catastrophic flooding in July 2022, which was driven by five days of record-breaking rain that overflowed creeks and rivers across Kentucky.—
Nidhi Sharma,
NBC news,
22 Aug. 2025
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The Farmington River overflowed at historic levels at the time.—
Christopher Keating,
Hartford Courant,
19 Aug. 2025
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“Hosed (down).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hosed%20%28down%29. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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