drenching
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The pattern could train a stream of potent tropical moisture on Southern California, drenching the region, weather experts have said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026
Then came drenching storms, followed by the maddening doldrums.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 20, 2026
Then, a second winter of drenching storms triggered two more slides, including one that completely buried another section of California’s Highway 1 under 300,000 cubic yards of dirt, rock and debris.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 14, 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
I hauled buckets of water to the potato patch, drenching the plants which looked healthiest.
From "Fever 1793" by Laurie Halse Anderson
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