awash
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In the mid-1990s, White, then–graduate student Haile-Selassie, and others began an intense search for Lucy’s ancestors in the Middle Awash region of Ethiopia.
From Science Magazine • Apr. 3, 2024
Awash in austere overhead lighting, Kanai sat in a small office at the headquarters of Mutual Trading just outside Little Tokyo.
From Los Angeles Times • May 3, 2023
Awash with cash after a year of high oil prices, fossil fuel producers have the firepower to invest in green energy.
From Reuters • Jan. 20, 2023
Awash in fuel, Americans bought larger cars and homes that required more oil and gas to power them.
From New York Times • Apr. 29, 2022
Awash in self-pity, I even longed for Aunt Ivy.
From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson
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