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Forecasters warned that heavy rain was about to drench the event's closing ceremony -- only to realise the radar had picked up a cloud of Bogongs.

From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026

Showers that don’t drench you or flood the bathroom.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 15, 2026

There, his teammates were waiting with water bottles ready to drench him in celebration, knowing full well how much Friday meant to their newly minted point guard.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 14, 2025

Heavy rain is set to drench much of the UK over the next few days with the possibility for flooding and travel delays in the hardest-hit locations.

From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2025

As I came to stand in front of the drench I dropped the glass to the floor, concentrated, and stepped down hard, crushing it with my heel.

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss

The alternative, Red Ambience, drenches the car in a fathomless shade of garnet metallic.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 2, 2026

As Tropical Storm Debby drenches South Carolina, the region’s alligators and catfish are testing new waters - from puddles to backyard pools and the roads in between.

From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2024

The key to killing a local colony of red imported fire ants is using a combination of chemical drenches and greasy bait, because the carnivorous ants love protein.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2024

Birria bathes the meat in broth, tortas ahogadas dips or drenches the sandwich, and carne en su jugo, as the name implies, serves meat in its own juices.

From Salon ● Feb. 23, 2023

My overshoes are filling, and the shoes inside them; water drenches my snowpants.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood

In Antigua and Barbuda, at a rally to mark the country's Independence Day, a sudden downpour left the King drenched, without an umbrella and looking momentarily cross.

From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2026

Janelle Monáe is absolutely drenched in fake blood and standing in the middle of a cemetery.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2026

Wet weather has drenched the Games since Sunday, another headache for organisers wrestling with complaints from teams about accommodation and transport.

From Barron's ● Sep. 29, 2026

Tatiana, the Afro-Caribbean restaurant at New York’s Lincoln Center, is one of the toughest reservations in the city, thanks in part to dishes like tender Wagyu short rib and head-on shrimp drenched in Creole butter.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 20, 2026

“Because soap bubbles are clean, and why would I stink if I were drenched in soap?”

From "The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora" by Pablo Cartaya

El Niño, the climate pattern of ocean waters warming up in the central and eastern Pacific, does not guarantee drenching storms in California, but it tilts the chances in their favor.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 26, 2026

An attempt to conjure a tropical vibe, or just a way to persuade patrons to run up a tab by avoiding a drenching?

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 31, 2026

As other parts of the UK prepared for the fourth heatwave of the summer, the Commonwealth Games athletics competition was given a drenching in Glasgow.

From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026

As a housemate, he was catastrophic—overturning wastebaskets, ransacking drawers and drenching manuscripts.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 23, 2026

“Tha’s better,” he said, shaking his head like a dog and drenching them all.

From "Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban" by J.K. Rowling