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deluge

[del-yooj, -yoozh, del-ooj, -oozh, dih-looj, -loozh] / ˈdɛl judʒ, -juʒ, ˈdɛl udʒ, -uʒ, dɪˈludʒ, -ˈluʒ /






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A deluge of cattiness awaits us in 2027.

From Slate Sep. 5, 2026

Tamang says he ran for about 20 minutes to flee the violent deluge, which followed him uphill.

From BBC Sep. 1, 2026

Yet U.S. government bonds also now can compete for capital from major technology companies issuing a deluge of longer-dated bonds to finance the artificial intelligence build-out.

From MarketWatch Aug. 31, 2026

Still, it was clear the report would lead to another deluge of negative publicity.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 29, 2026

A deluge of chaotic sound rose from its depths: roaring, barking, yowling, whimpering.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman

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

In Aceh Tamiang, one of the hardest-hit areas of Indonesia, survivors described villages being entirely swept away by fast-moving deluges.

From BBC Dec. 6, 2025

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

Shockingly, their analysis suggests the deluges were far larger than the Great Flood, which reshaped much of the Central Valley and Los Angeles Basin.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 2, 2024

Then the Guadalquivir overflows its banks and deluges the town and the flat land, drowning live stock and destroying buildings.

From The Story of Seville by C. Gasquoine (Catherine Gasquoine) Hartley

When streamers are deluged with AI slop, Qobuz might have found a sweet spot for an emerging streaming service.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 3, 2026

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

Utahns have also deluged Cox with thousands of letters in opposition, while regularly convening on the state Capitol with unflattering signs featuring O’Leary and Cox.

From Slate Jun. 1, 2026

The rain deluged, flooding the girder and running into the aerie.

From "Frightful's Mountain" by Jean Craighead George

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

From Seattle Times Jul. 15, 2023

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

From Reuters Jan. 5, 2023

Hurricane Fiona has grown stronger, after deluging Puerto Rico with rain.

From New York Times Sep. 20, 2022

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




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