drench
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Showers that don’t drench you or flood the bathroom.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 15, 2026
Moderate to major coastal flooding could drench roads and waterfront property from Delaware to Cape Cod.
From Barron's ● Feb. 22, 2026
Ragasa is not expected to hit Taiwan directly but is set to drench the island's east coast with heavy rains.
From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2025
Instead, he wandered out into the rain and sat still, letting the water drench his body.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2024
No matter how I drench my hair under the tap it sticks out in all directions.
From "Angela's Ashes: A Memoir" by Frank McCourt
The alternative, Red Ambience, drenches the car in a fathomless shade of garnet metallic.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 2, 2026
So when rain drenches Tenerife's beaches it is not unusual for snow to fall over the volcano.
From BBC ● Mar. 20, 2026
The key to killing a local colony of red imported fire ants is using a combination of chemical drenches and greasy bait, because the carnivorous ants love protein.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2024
Birria bathes the meat in broth, tortas ahogadas dips or drenches the sandwich, and carne en su jugo, as the name implies, serves meat in its own juices.
From Salon ● Feb. 23, 2023
He drenches his plate in too much soy sauce, and I wrinkle my nose at the salty rice.
From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller
Shirtless and drenched in sweat on his treadmill, Lula runs.
From Barron's ● Aug. 2, 2026
Soft pieces of bread are drenched in a buttery mixture of Dijon mustard, brown sugar and Worcestershire before being baked into a golden, shareable centerpiece.
From Salon ● Jun. 22, 2026
Avraamiy only left the site twice before the following night fell—both times to return to his residence nearby to change out of clothing drenched by firefighters’ hoses and rain.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 18, 2026
New Zealand has declared a state of emergency in its capital city Wellington as torrential rain and flash flooding drenched the country's North Island.
From BBC ● Apr. 20, 2026
He tosses out a few pieces of damp clothing, pots and pans, a few drenched books, wet photographs of him and his dad, and the map of Jackson before he finally pulls out a G-pen.
From "The Manifestor Prophecy" by Angie Thomas
Upon impact, the balloons explode, drenching both mom and son.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026
Teenage boys have been drenching themselves and their surroundings in its scents for decades—and drawing complaints and choking coughs for just as long.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 22, 2026
Flooding struck the popular holiday island of Ibiza on Saturday for the second time in two weeks as the storm moved east and north into the Mediterranean after drenching southeastern Spain.
From Barron's ● Oct. 12, 2025
This trigger, he said, was pulled with force, drenching several northern states.
From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2025
They found the rubbish pit and hurried back because the rain was drenching.
From "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage" by Philip Pullman
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