showered

past tense of shower
as in poured
to give readily and in large quantities showered gifts on the guests of honor

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Recent Examples of showered After Butker missed, the fans at Arrowhead showered him with boos. — Pete Sweeney november 8, Kansas City Star, 8 Nov. 2026 Absolom stood on stage with his onscreen father and co-star Cara Delevigne, and afterwards was lofted into the air by the duo as a misty-eyed audience showered the group with applause. — Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 6 Nov. 2026 With all this attention showered onto us voters, one can be forgiven for holding the faint hope that the candidates truly care about our ideas and yearn for our engagement. — Chicago Tribune, 1 Nov. 2026 The only fans left to make noise were the traveling Laker faithful who showered the road team with cheers at the buzzer. — Los Angeles Times, 27 Oct. 2026 They were showered with expensive clothes, spa treatments, and drugs, and given weekly allowances ranging from $150 to $200. — Samantha Bergeson, Time, 22 Oct. 2026 The 45-year-old was showered with praise from fans, friends and family in her comments section, giving her props for nailing the look. — Michael Saponara, Billboard, 20 Oct. 2026 American Symphony, Will & Harper, My Mom Jayne — all were showered with trophies by precursor awards ceremonies and, not coincidentally, all were DOA with voters in the doc branch. — Nate Jones, Vulture, 16 Oct. 2026 The two then allegedly left the vehicle with Heintz in it near the university’s library and drove back to Rachel Moser’s residence, where Royce Moser cleaned his clothes and showered, according to police. — ABC News, 13 Oct. 2026
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  • The Republican Governors Association poured $19 million into television and digital advertising, according to the ad-tracking firm AdImpact, and attacked Holscher as an extreme liberal.
    — John Hanna, Chicago Tribune, 12 Nov. 2026
  • And the latter was only allowed after it was demonstrated that the piano's mahogany wouldn't catch fire even when burning gasoline was poured over it.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 12 Nov. 2026
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  • Trump has blamed high global fuel prices on Ukraine, and heaped pressure on Ukrainian President Volodymr Zelensky to halt strikes on Russian refineries even as Russia continues its attacks on Ukraine’s towns, cities, and energy infrastructure.
    — Helen Regan, CNN Money, 29 Oct. 2026
  • Hundreds of travelers heaped additional praise on the small European country, which has a population of more than 2 million people, per the Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia.
    — Michael Cappetta, Travel + Leisure, 20 Oct. 2026
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  • The two governors, who mended fences after clashing over last year’s Proposition 50 redistricting campaign, lavished praise on each other for their climate bona fides.
    — Lia Russell, Sacbee.com, 15 Oct. 2026
  • The messages quickly took on a romantic tone, the lawsuit claims, all while the coach allegedly lavished the player with gifts, including direct payment of some $450 and AirPods worth another $400.
    — Jakob Rodgers, Mercury News, 2 Sep. 2026

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“Showered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/showered. Accessed 14 Nov. 2026.

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