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Helicopters piloted by emergency responders flew sorties to deliver water in a bid to douse the fires.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 18, 2026

A fire extinguisher was used to douse the blaze.

From BBC ● May 13, 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

Men pumped endless buckets of water and carried them aloft to douse the sails so they would catch what little breeze blew.

From "Carry On, Mr. Bowditch" by Jean Lee Latham

While wife Erica gently douses rumors, Sean McVay, Les Snead, Cooper Kupp and others hint that Aaron Donald is tempted to unretire and return to the Rams.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 9, 2026

He no longer douses his sponge with dish liquid.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2025

Just when you think a cat-and-mouse game is about to begin, the film douses you in endearing romantic and familial drama; just as surprisingly, danger creeps back into the narrative.

From New York Times ● Apr. 5, 2024

Today, the tree foundation’s Green Blocks program douses neighborhoods in green, providing hundreds of free trees ranging from species like Bing cherry and fig to white pine, cedar and fir.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 29, 2024

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

Patterson's team said the chief prosecutor Dr Nanette Rogers had been protracted and aggressive in a cross-examination "doused with impermissible conduct".

From BBC ● Aug. 19, 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

He said he ran to save a trailer that was ablaze and even caught fire himself before firefighters doused him and the vehicle.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 15, 2026

They formed a line around the building to be doused with holy water by the parish priest.

From BBC ● Apr. 12, 2026

Mark woke up in a cold sweat, as if the spray from the water in his dream had doused him while he slept.

From "The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin)" by James Dashner

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

One video showed him at a nightclub, dancing on a stage wearing a New York Yankees shirt with the name “Cangrejo”—Spanish for “Crab”—on the back and dousing himself with a bottle of water.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 14, 2026

She said urban water systems and neighbourhood fire hydrants are not built to handle dousing thousands of acres of fire.

From BBC ● Jan. 10, 2025

Orlandini evacuated his family to Rancho Cucamonga but arrived back home in the early morning darkness to find other neighbors dousing homes.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 8, 2025

Glob after sticky glob of sap landed right in the center of the blinking gems, dousing the beams of light, and Gum Baby waved her hands urgently.

From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia