Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for wash (over)
Verb
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The Red Sox starter had another strong outing, allowing one run over six innings of work.—
Mac Cerullo,
Boston Herald,
31 Aug. 2025 -
Then one day, Garcia saw a woman with keys to the house and ran over, desperate for permission to finally step onto the property.—
Tereza Shkurtaj,
People.com,
30 Aug. 2025
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Many of the cheaper products that US customers like to buy used to fall under the de minimis exemption, which allowed items worth less than $800 to flow into the United States duty-free.—
Ramishah Maruf,
CNN Money,
29 Aug. 2025
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Set rules for how discrepancies are resolved and make sure those decisions flow back into operations to close the loop.—
Charles Wong,
Forbes.com,
29 Aug. 2025
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Typically, new releases are available to stream for subscribers two to three months after their digital release.—
Saman Shafiq,
USA Today,
30 Aug. 2025
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Ghost Elephants will stream on Disney+ and Hulu in 2026.—
Scott Roxborough,
HollywoodReporter,
29 Aug. 2025
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How Calcium and Oxalate Form Stones After the body processes food, waste products are left behind and flushed out by the kidneys through urine.—
Claire Bugos,
Verywell Health,
22 Aug. 2025
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With so many teams flush with space, though, that’s likely to become less of a factor, as those clubs simply won’t need to go over the cap anymore.—
James Mirtle,
New York Times,
21 Aug. 2025
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As the runners turned for home, the front-running Hejazi spurted clear.—
Danny Brewer,
Forbes.com,
29 July 2025
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Some excess material is therefore spat away, channelled by the star's nascent magnetic field into beams of matter that spurt from the young star's magnetic poles.—
Keith Cooper,
Space.com,
16 June 2025
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She's been flooded out multiple times but still lives on Desire Street.—
Reena Advani,
NPR,
1 Sep. 2025
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Three million gallons of acidic mine drainage flooded into the Animas River basin 10 years ago, turning the southern Colorado river a mustard yellow and making international headlines.—
Elise Schmelzer,
Denver Post,
31 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Widespread protests force Indonesia U-turn Indonesia was engulfed by widespread protests driven by economic discontent and opposition to police brutality, marking the greatest challenge yet to President Prabowo Subianto’s government.—
semafor.com,
semafor.com,
1 Sep. 2025
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Set in rural America, Die My Love is a portrait of a woman engulfed by love and madness.—
Zac Ntim,
Deadline,
26 Aug. 2025
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Most enterprises face this challenge daily—employees are inundated with communications from HR, IT, legal and other departments, often with conflicting tone and timing.—
Ruth Fornell,
Forbes.com,
26 Aug. 2025
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Her inbox was suddenly inundated with messages from people concerned about her thyroid.—
Alyce Collins,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Aug. 2025
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“Wash (over).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wash%20%28over%29. Accessed 4 Sep. 2025.
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