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  • past tense form of douse.
  • past participle of douse.

doused







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“The Mountain” is, as expected, heavily doused with notions on the concept of death.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 27, 2026

He posted a video on TikTok of his experiment: Spending the day in clothes doused with an entire bottle of Axe.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 22, 2026

Prediction market traders can bet on everything that sportsbook bettors can—the total number of points scored by both teams, individual player statistics, and even what color Gatorade the winning coach will be doused in.

From Barron's • Feb. 6, 2026

The fire - which spread quickly both upwards and between the blocks - was only fully doused by Friday morning, and took more than 2,000 firefighters to bring under control.

From BBC • Nov. 30, 2025

The black thought momentarily doused the glow within me; then, angered and indignant, I thrust the intruder away, chasing it, banishing it...tired of gloom, reaching desperately for perfection of delight, which can surely never be.

From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya




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