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as in stream
an overwhelming flow or rush of something
Jet streams can be thought of as giant rivers of air that circulate around the globe. He was overwhelmed by the river of new information that the document dump provided.
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Recent Examples of river
The jet stream is the river of air that moves weather from west to east on a roller-coaster-like path.
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Seth Borenstein, Chicago Tribune, 13 Mar. 2026
Women worked as domestics; men served as unskilled laborers, canal diggers and later as mill workers across the river.
—Paula Kane, The Conversation, 13 Mar. 2026
While Preston is standing in a river cloaked in celestial mist, his family is living in hell — aka New York City.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 13 Mar. 2026
The jet stream is the river of air that moves weather from west to east on a roller coaster-like path.
—Seth Borenstein, Los Angeles Times, 13 Mar. 2026
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Seth Borenstein, Chicago Tribune, 13 Mar. 2026
Women worked as domestics; men served as unskilled laborers, canal diggers and later as mill workers across the river.
—Paula Kane, The Conversation, 13 Mar. 2026
While Preston is standing in a river cloaked in celestial mist, his family is living in hell — aka New York City.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 13 Mar. 2026
The jet stream is the river of air that moves weather from west to east on a roller coaster-like path.
—Seth Borenstein, Los Angeles Times, 13 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for river
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In one of its most contentious battles, DERM issued pollution violations that forced Florida Power & Light to clean up cooling canals at Turkey Point.—
Jenny Staletovich,
Miami Herald,
10 Mar. 2026
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Including recent reports that a woman’s body was found in a canal in Phoenix, Arizona.—
Lizzie Lanuza,
StyleCaster,
10 Mar. 2026
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Tiny and in demand Behind an unmarked door on a Lisbon side street, a tiny hole-in-the-wall chicken shop is attracting a daily stream of Chinese tourists who’ve traveled thousands of miles to visit.—
Maureen O'Hare,
CNN Money,
7 Mar. 2026
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Wildflower hot spots are found all over Georgia in diverse habitats — pine and hardwood forests, meadows, wetlands, stream banks, mountain ridges and coves, granite outcrops and others.—
Charles Seabrook,
AJC.com,
7 Mar. 2026
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That geographic spread covers a large swath of southern Florida, encompassing both heavily urban areas and more rural regions with waterways and natural habitats where the lizards can thrive.—
Ryan Brennan,
Kansas City Star,
13 Mar. 2026
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Iran remains in control of the strait, the narrow waterway through which 20% of the world’s oil travels.—
David Goldman,
CNN Money,
13 Mar. 2026
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During heavy rainfall, there is a risk of flooding, especially in low-lying and flood-prone areas.—
STAR-TELEGRAM WEATHER BOT,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
7 Mar. 2026
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The new bridge survived the massive 1913 and 1937 floods, as well as the destructive ice gorges, or ice jams, that struck Riverside Park in the 1910s.—
IndyStar,
IndyStar,
6 Mar. 2026
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Hot stones are added, one by one, as the air inside gets heavier, the heat searing the nose and the throat, the sweat starting in rivulets that turn into streams as the smell gets more intense, the heartbeat swells, the mind races.—
Brian Moylan,
Vulture,
5 Mar. 2026
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The elaborate network of rainfall, rivulets of ditches, and control structures became a sort of language for Van Lent.—
Michael Adno,
Rolling Stone,
3 Mar. 2026
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The tide does appear to have shifted for Peterson.—
Shreyas Laddha,
Kansas City Star,
14 Mar. 2026
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She’s been living in the community for decades and has seen tides of faces come and go.—
Xuan Juliana Wang,
Los Angeles Times,
12 Mar. 2026
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“River.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/river. Accessed 15 Mar. 2026.
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