flooding

Example Sentences

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It boosts temperatures and precipitation and causes flooding and droughts in much of the world.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 8, 2026

“Not only heat, but other compounding threats such as extreme wind and flooding and wildfires.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2026

Massive data centers are also flooding the Electric Reliability Council of Texas, the state’s main grid operator, with requests for power.

From Salon • Jun. 6, 2026

Parsons was better known by his YouTube handle Kane Pixels when film executives started flooding his inbox about four years ago.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 31, 2026

The sun was pouring into the broad courtyard of the goldsmith’s shop, flooding ovens, benches, crucibles, with a radiance that made even the washing vats seem things of beauty.

From "The Golden Goblet" by Eloise Jarvis McGraw