deluge
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The sisters broke away to dedicate an altar to one of their siblings who recently died and whose death came after a deluge of personal losses.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2026
And despite the deluge of AI music, external - Spotify says it has removed 75 million "spammy tracks" from its catalogue - real music still makes up most of our listening.
From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026
Really, “flooded” doesn’t begin to quantify the deluge.
From Salon ● Oct. 22, 2026
The listing is welcome for London’s exchange, which has been hit by a drought of listings and a deluge of takeover deals and delistings, leading to an exodus of household names.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
The sky was nothing but falling water, a ceaseless deluge that wrinkled and bloated my skin and froze me stiff.
From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel
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"My flat's car park was under water -- it never floods, even in 2011" when hundreds of people died across Thailand in heavy deluges, he said, asking AFP not to publish his family name.
From Barron's ● Sep. 28, 2026
Heavy deluges and saturated soils have the potential to cause significant damage to homes, transport infrastructure and food supply.
From BBC ● Feb. 10, 2026
Shockingly, their analysis suggests the deluges were far larger than the Great Flood, which reshaped much of the Central Valley and Los Angeles Basin.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 2, 2024
Right now, dating apps are falling out of favor with those treasured demographics, not least thanks to the prevalence of catfishing impostors and nonstop deluges of fake dating options.
From Slate ● May 17, 2024
A flood of stories and anecdotes deluges us with proof.
From A New Atmosphere by Gail Hamilton
When streamers are deluged with AI slop, Qobuz might have found a sweet spot for an emerging streaming service.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 3, 2026
But the opposite was true: I was deluged with requests for help from people hoping to save their relationships with their friends and loved ones.
From Salon ● Jun. 8, 2026
Legitimately good doctors are deluged with referrals and turn away new patients.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 3, 2026
Utahns have also deluged Cox with thousands of letters in opposition, while regularly convening on the state Capitol with unflattering signs featuring O’Leary and Cox.
From Slate ● Jun. 1, 2026
For seven days and nights the Putnam was deluged and hammered.
From "Carry On, Mr. Bowditch" by Jean Lee Latham
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“We got to probably 15 and it kind of started deluging, so the greens got a little softer.”
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 15, 2023
Kitson Yang asked his colleagues during a recent legislative session while holding up printed pictures of the tourists deluging parts of the city.
From New York Times ● May 9, 2023
Massive storms are increasingly deluging California followed by periods of drought that increase the risk of wildfires.
From Reuters ● Jan. 5, 2023
Instead, hundreds of thousands enlisted to fight the Russians, deluging recruiters from the army and the territorial defense force to the degree that many initially had to be turned away.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 20, 2022
On the way into North Hampden, it was all I could do to keep from deluging Henry with questions, but I kept my mouth shut until we got there.
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
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