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Down the road near Chippenham, Godwin's family have gone a step further, installing a network of what they call 'cow showers'- sprinklers that douse the cattle with cool water.

From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026

They needed to douse the fire before it spread further to wooden structures that could have caused the whole cathedral to collapse.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 18, 2026

Julian wants to destroy the unfinished Christophers, but can’t bring himself to douse the canvases in kerosene and light the match.

From Salon ● Apr. 17, 2026

The earlier disaster may have helped douse a decades-long conflict between Aceh's separatists and the Indonesian government, but a simmering mistrust of Jakarta lingers.

From Barron's ● Feb. 25, 2026

She called the buder and maid robots and instructed them to douse the Mellower in a cold bath.

From "The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm" by Nancy Farmer

He no longer douses his sponge with dish liquid.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2025

The Philippous’ kinetic style mashes genre cinema with beloved intellectual property, douses the combination with accelerant and lights a match; it’s the product of their personalities as much as YouTube’s milieu.

From New York Times ● Aug. 2, 2023

More playful than pedantic, Rashid douses his work in a heavy helping of humor — and with it comes the quiet guilt of catching yourself amused by scenes that are both funny and horrifying.

From Washington Post ● Oct. 27, 2021

Naturally, as well liked and respected around the NFL as Lynn is, being the offensive coordinator of an anemic team quickly douses that speculation.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2021

I shake it, and when he pulls away, his mother—her eyes still locked on me—unsnaps a keychain-Purell and vigorously douses Jordan in it, practically giving him an entire hospital bath.

From "Better Nate Than Ever" by Tim Federle

A series of herring gulls have been found doused in oil in the west of the Isle of Man, prompting concerns from conservationists.

From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2026

The “lentils,” as Mars calls them, are then doused in a sugary coating and loaded into huge rotating drums, or pans, to be colored.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 18, 2026

That made it 92-85 and effectively doused the Lakers’ comeback.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 30, 2026

It is an emotion that is doused over the closely bereaved, over and over.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 21, 2026

Smelling like a cesspool, I staggered into the house and took pieces of rags, doused them in water and wiped myself, but the stench remained.

From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane

Regional firefighting chief Marc Vermeulen warned his teams would still have to spend several days dousing water on remaining flames inside the forest as well as at its edges to avoid it picking up again.

From Barron's ● Jul. 30, 2026

Although crews made initial progress dousing the roof with water, an ammonia gas leak was then discovered inside the building, and several small explosions reinvigorated the flames and smoke.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 17, 2026

On Wednesday, Powell broached the issue when dousing speculation about a leadership vacuum.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 19, 2026

Chief Marrone has been primarily focused on the other side of town, dousing the Eaton Fire that tore through much of Altadena.

From BBC ● Jan. 16, 2025

Depressed by the turn of conversation, people started gathering the leavings of their meal, dousing the beach wood with sand, and getting ready to return to whatever families or caretakers or safe flops they had.

From "Ship Breaker" by Paolo Bacigalupi