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flush

[fluhsh] / flʌʃ /






VERB
inundate with liquid
Synonyms
Antonyms
STRONGEST
WEAK
pale uncolor


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Wardley floored his fellow Briton early with a flush right hand and dropped him again in the third, before Dubois regrouped and responded with wave after wave of heavy shots.

From BBC • May 9, 2026

“Try to flush this one … we got to be better on Friday.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 30, 2026

“The S&P 500 never hit official correction territory even as sentiment hit all-time lows. The technician in me was waiting for that flush out in price and it never really happened.”

From Barron's • Apr. 21, 2026

People like me, once heavily recruited and flush with career choices, now can’t catch a break.

From Slate • Apr. 20, 2026

It galloped past so close I leapt backward on tiptoe, flush with the canvas to avoid being impaled on one of its crooked horns.

From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen




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