deluge
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The deluge included more than 700 papers covering hundreds of problems across number theory, algebraic geometry and other fields with names that could give people haunted by high-school math a migraine.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026
On-the-ground responders became confused by a deluge of 911 calls.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026
So far, the bulk of AI-related debt issuance has been funded in the U.S. investment-grade corporate-bond market since the deluge began in earnest about a year ago.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 23, 2026
Fortunes are set to change by midweek with drier conditions forecast following a deluge for many parts of the UK on Tuesday.
From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026
She saw with quiet impotence how the deluge was pitilessly exterminating a fortune that at one time was considered the largest and most solid in Macondo, and of which nothing remained but pestilence.
From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
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The broadcaster additionally cited Americans’ continuous deluges of supportive comments when it asked the regulatory agency, in June, to drop its license order.
From Slate ● Aug. 18, 2026
Newsom and other supporters have said the tunnel would protect the state’s water system as climate change intensifies severe droughts and deluges.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 7, 2026
Heavy deluges and saturated soils have the potential to cause significant damage to homes, transport infrastructure and food supply.
From BBC ● Feb. 10, 2026
Torrential monsoon season deluges paired with two separate tropical cyclones last week dumped heavy rain across all of Sri Lanka and parts of Indonesia's Sumatra, southern Thailand and northern Malaysia.
From Barron's ● Dec. 2, 2025
The traditions of ancient deluges, which are the primitive facts of Greek history, refer to such movements, perhaps the opening of the Thracian Bosphorus was one of them.
From History of the Intellectual Development of Europe, Volume I (of 2) Revised Edition by John William Draper
But the opposite was true: I was deluged with requests for help from people hoping to save their relationships with their friends and loved ones.
From Salon ● Jun. 8, 2026
Legitimately good doctors are deluged with referrals and turn away new patients.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 3, 2026
Utah officials have complained that the state has been deluged with constitutional challenges.
From Slate ● May 4, 2026
When it became clear that the company was replacing its original formula rather than offering New Coke alongside it, its Atlanta headquarters was deluged with angry phone calls.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 23, 2026
The rain deluged, flooding the girder and running into the aerie.
From "Frightful's Mountain" by Jean Craighead George
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The new authorities swiftly loosened Assad-era restrictions, deluging the market with cheaper imports and lifting a moratorium that made dealing with dollars a criminal offense.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 7, 2025
Massive storms are increasingly deluging California followed by periods of drought that increase the risk of wildfires.
From Reuters ● Jan. 5, 2023
Angry residents are deluging officials with complaints and filing lawsuits, while some leading companies are installing new equipment, making payments to neighbors or even closing down.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 21, 2021
More than 750,000 Rohingya fled their homes in a matter of months, deluging Bangladesh.
From New York Times ● Oct. 2, 2021
On the way into North Hampden, it was all I could do to keep from deluging Henry with questions, but I kept my mouth shut until we got there.
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
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