awash
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“Her Hair” explores disability, vulnerability and the body through the use of crutches and walkers assembled into a beastly figure awash in fake pink locks.
From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2026
The Department of Justice said that claims about prisons being awash with drugs, staff safety being ignored or management not caring about staff wellbeing "are simply not borne out by evidence".
From BBC • May 13, 2026
The new group is mostly formed of "rural youth" from an area "awash with weapons", motivated by poverty, and anger over illegal fishing by ships from China, Yemen, Iran and beyond.
From Barron's • Apr. 28, 2026
And on X, Bluesky, TikTok and elsewhere, the comment sections are awash in accounts proclaiming the shooting a fake.
From Slate • Apr. 26, 2026
Drained of blood and awash he looked the colour of the silver backing of a mirror and his stripes still showed.
From "The Old Man and The Sea" by Ernest Hemingway
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