1
as in wetting
to make wet
soldiers' boots that were soddened by endless hours in muddy trenches
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2
as in soaking
to wet thoroughly with liquid
cornflakes that had been soddened in milk to the point of mush
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Potential for wetting rain exists and could provide additional containment opportunities.—
CA WILDFIRE BOT,
Sacbee.com,
3 Sep. 2025 -
To clean, start by wetting the inside of your shower.—
Daley Quinn,
Southern Living,
20 Aug. 2025
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Each villa has a magnificent plunge pool, a soaking tub, and an open-air living area that seamlessly merges with the outdoors.—
Samantha Leal,
Travel + Leisure,
31 Aug. 2025
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Working 1 banana bread slice at a time, dip into egg mixture, soaking about 5 seconds on each side.—
Kimberly Holland,
Southern Living,
31 Aug. 2025
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The autopsy report also noted drowning, coronary artery disease and the effects of buprenorphine — a drug used to treat opioid use disorder — as contributing to his death at the age of 54.—
Dominic Patten,
Deadline,
3 Sep. 2025
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Avoid drowning leaders in dashboards — insight without relevance is just noise.—
Vibhas Ratanjee,
Forbes.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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English advises saturating natural hair mats with Designme’s leave-in treatment, then applying their rich hydrating mask before detangling (first pass with your fingers, then with a wide-tooth comb) from the ends to the roots.—
Grace McCarty,
Glamour,
5 Sep. 2025
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If a separate closet or dresser outside the bathroom is unavailable to you, then Trosclair advises being diligent in cycling through your linens and washing them regularly to fight any mildewing, molding, or weathering from the moisture.—
Hallie Milstein,
Southern Living,
2 Sep. 2025
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As my colleague Yasmin Tayag has written, corporations have been MAHA-washing their products to highlight those free of artificial dyes, high-fructose corn syrup, and seed oils.—
Tom Bartlett,
The Atlantic,
1 Sep. 2025
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Unless your stain’s instruction label specifies otherwise, applying several thin coats of stain rather than drenching the surface with stain will yield the best absorption and most even finish.—
Kamron Sanders,
Better Homes & Gardens,
4 Sep. 2025
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Daylight floods in through floor-to-ceiling windows, drenching the space in brightness and making everything—from the custom bookshelf door to the bathroom to the privacy divider—feel sculptural.—
Bailey Berg,
Architectural Digest,
9 Aug. 2025
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Just two days before filming began in the northwest regional province of Santiago Rodriguez, a powerful storm swept through the Dominican Republic, flooding the ground floor of the production office and bringing much of Santo Domingo to a halt.—
Anna Marie de la Fuente,
Variety,
8 Sep. 2025
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However, that did not stop Taylor Swift fans from flooding Tart's social media with stern reactions.—
Ryan Morik,
FOXNews.com,
6 Sep. 2025
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With his free time, he is typically found impregnating other time traveler Geillis Duncan or hitting on Claire.—
Maggie Fremont,
Vulture,
8 Aug. 2025
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“Soddening.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/soddening. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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