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as in barrage
a rapid or overwhelming outpouring of many things at once
a shower of insults and curses rained down on the criminal as he was led through the crowd
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Recent Examples of shower
Tori Latham, Robb Report, 7 May 2025
The combination of this anomalously moist air, upper-level dynamic support, and upslope flow with increasing proximity to the Rockies will bring widespread showers and thunderstorms producing heavy downpours and the potential for several inches of rainfall.
—Anna Skinner, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 May 2025
Kristy Mucci, Saveur, 1 May 2025
In the comments, friends and fans alike showered the couple with messages of congratulations.
—Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 30 Apr. 2025
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Noun
The butler’s pantry, which doubles as a cocktail bar, is done up in a deep green hue, a color that also shows up in the shower tiling of one of the eight bathrooms.
—Tori Latham, Robb Report, 7 May 2025
The combination of this anomalously moist air, upper-level dynamic support, and upslope flow with increasing proximity to the Rockies will bring widespread showers and thunderstorms producing heavy downpours and the potential for several inches of rainfall.
—Anna Skinner, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 May 2025
Verb
And one of my all-time favorite ways to eat them is poached in olive oil and showered in fresh dill.
—Kristy Mucci, Saveur, 1 May 2025
In the comments, friends and fans alike showered the couple with messages of congratulations.
—Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 30 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for shower
Noun
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The forecast was also right for the evening, and there wasn’t a trace of rain before or after Lady Gaga’s show.—
Billboard Brasil,
Billboard,
5 May 2025
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These areas could be faced with flash flooding and frequent lightning due to stronger, slow-moving thunderstorms with torrential rain.—
Daniel Peck,
ABC News,
4 May 2025
Noun
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Much like two nights earlier, Skinner wasn’t tested with a barrage of high-quality chances.—
Daniel Nugent-Bowman,
New York Times,
15 May 2025
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Medics said most of the dead, including women and children, resulted from a barrage of Israeli airstrikes that targeted several houses in the Jabalia area in northern Gaza.—
Nidal al-Mughrabi,
USA Today,
15 May 2025
Verb
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While seemingly unlimited resources are lavished on visual effects, the drama is allowed to tie itself into impossible knots.—
Charles McNulty,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Apr. 2025
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Losing Lopez for an unspecified time merely confirms the executive’s reluctance to lavish long and loaded contracts on free agents.—
Dan Schlossberg,
Forbes.com,
2 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Those areas are at particular risk of supercells, highly organized, longer-lasting storms that produce even stronger winds and larger hail — in the case of Friday, bigger than baseballs — than typical thunderstorms.—
Amy Graff,
New York Times,
16 May 2025
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Half-dollar-sized hail (1.25 inches) is predicted with the incoming storm.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
16 May 2025
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The news spread quickly, and the prospect of IDR payments doubling or tripling for some married borrowers led to a flurry of questions, distress on social media, and even talk of extreme measures.—
Shahar Ziv,
Forbes.com,
13 May 2025
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In a flurry of diplomatic developments over the weekend, Russia shunned the ceasefire proposal tabled by the U.S. and European leaders, but offered direct talks with Ukraine on Thursday.—
Illia Novikov,
Los Angeles Times,
12 May 2025
Verb
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My father, who’d graduated a few years earlier with a business degree, was living in a mobile home next to his parents’ house, bouncing from one job to the next — pouring concrete here, driving a delivery truck there — while helping out on his father’s farm.—
Rickey Fayne,
People.com,
13 May 2025
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From that time on, almost every startup is AI-focused, venture capital has poured millions into this technology, and most forward-thinking and innovative companies want to implement AI into their workflows and operations.—
Rachel Wells,
Forbes.com,
13 May 2025
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Every morning, prisoners lined up for inspection alongside the corpses of those who had died in the night heaped in a pile next to them.—
Paul Hockenos,
Smithsonian Magazine,
8 May 2025
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The decision, after weeks of faltering efforts to agree a ceasefire with Hamas, underlines the threat that a war heaping international pressure on Israel amid dwindling public support at home could continue with no end in sight.—
Maayan Lubell,
USA Today,
6 May 2025
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“Shower.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shower. Accessed 20 May. 2025.
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