deluge

In the deluge of emails and comments we have received over the past 24 hours, we were accused of breathless hype, shocking ignorance and peddling what one reader described as “absolute rubbish.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026

During a test of the shaft deluge system, airflow sensors on the 4850 Level recorded an unexpected increase in air movement.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 6, 2026

The deluge of claims came after the state changed the statute of limitations for childhood sexual abuse, giving victims a new window to sue.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 26, 2026

But even with changing menus, there has still been a deluge of chippies closing.

From BBC ● Jun. 5, 2026

It was a deluge of a winter in the Salinas Valley, wet and wonderful.

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck

And the careful, steadily reported, once-a-week format may seem like a dinosaur in this hyper-paced timeline where deluges of information accost us every ticking second.

From Slate ● Jun. 5, 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

Monsoon rains paired with two rare tropical storm systems, sometimes known in the region as cyclones, dumped record deluges across Sri Lanka, and parts of Indonesia's Sumatra, southern Thailand and northern Malaysia last week.

From Barron's ● Dec. 3, 2025

I paid 4s. 6d. for such wash the other day from Paris, from a man who can prove 300 deluges in the valley of Seine.

From Charles Darwin: His Life in an Autobiographical Chapter, and in a Selected Series of His Published Letters by Darwin, Charles

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

Mayor Swaney was deluged with angry phone calls and emails from Times readers who were appalled that he had kicked the Fugees out of the town park after Christmas.

From "Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference" by Warren St. John

“We got to probably 15 and it kind of started deluging, so the greens got a little softer.”

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 15, 2023

Kitson Yang asked his colleagues during a recent legislative session while holding up printed pictures of the tourists deluging parts of the city.

From New York Times ● May 9, 2023

Massive storms are increasingly deluging California followed by periods of drought that increase the risk of wildfires.

From Reuters ● Jan. 5, 2023

Instead, hundreds of thousands enlisted to fight the Russians, deluging recruiters from the army and the territorial defense force to the degree that many initially had to be turned away.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 20, 2022

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