drenching
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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
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
Then came drenching storms, followed by the maddening doldrums.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 20, 2026
Flooding struck the popular holiday island of Ibiza on Saturday for the second time in two weeks as the storm moved east and north into the Mediterranean after drenching southeastern Spain.
From Barron's ● Oct. 12, 2025
The young dog sprang after, drenching the other two, and they watched the chase—the rabbit’s head up, the dog’s down, linked in a swerving, leaping rhythm of almost balletlike precision—until it disappeared among the trees.
From "The Incredible Journey" by Sheila Burnford
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