washing away
Example Sentences
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In 2024, a glacial lake in Nepal burst, cascading into another lake that also burst, washing away Thame, the hometown of Tenzing Norgay, who, alongside Edmund Hillary, achieved the first recorded summit of Mount Everest.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026
We have since lived through Hurricane Maria ripping apart Puerto Rico in 2017, Hurricane Helene washing away communities across the Southeastern seaboard in 2024, and sudden flash floods in Texas earlier this month.
From Salon • Jul. 25, 2025
Most notably, the Alaskan earthquake of 1964 set off a catastrophic tsunami that devastated Crescent City, washing away 29 city blocks and killing at least 11 people.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 6, 2024
Rashid Padikkalparamban, a resident, told Reuters news agency that at least three landslides had hit the area around midnight, washing away the bridge.
From BBC • Jul. 30, 2024
Even Sass forgot her scolding and stood a little apart in the courtyard letting the rain fall on her as if it were washing away some of her sorrow.
From "Homeless Bird" by Gloria Whelan
