deluge
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After a deluge of hateful messages, another man misidentified as Winston Lee posted a personal appeal to TikTok detectives.
From Barron's ● Oct. 15, 2026
Urschel’s paper, titled “On the Growth Factor of Random Matrices,” is one in a deluge of AI-assisted proofs that mathematicians have achieved in this new era when they can combine their genius with supercomputing power.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
The gap in yields comes as this year’s deluge of corporate debt from the “hyperscalers” in the artificial-intelligence race is expected to grow further next year.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 8, 2026
On a 5,500-acre farm near Fresno, grower Don Cameron is prepared for a deluge.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 26, 2026
I nodded numbly at the deluge of instructions, latching on to do what she does.
From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu
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Widespread deluges across the Southeast Asian country in 2011 killed more than 500 people and damaged millions of homes.
From Barron's ● Sep. 27, 2026
And the careful, steadily reported, once-a-week format may seem like a dinosaur in this hyper-paced timeline where deluges of information accost us every ticking second.
From Slate ● Jun. 5, 2026
Newsom and other supporters have said the tunnel would protect the state’s water system as climate change intensifies severe droughts and deluges.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 7, 2026
Flooding has been an annual concern in the area since 2011, as homes have been damaged and swept away by deluges.
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2025
The rain storms are downpours and deluges that are blinding, but they leave behind their inky tracts a paradise of beauty and bloom.
From The Story of Magellan and The Discovery of the Philippines by Hezekiah Butterworth
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
When it became clear that the company was replacing its original formula rather than offering New Coke alongside it, its Atlanta headquarters was deluged with angry phone calls.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 23, 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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But raging waters were already deluging some highways, farmland and rural communities.
From New York Times ● Mar. 11, 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
Angry residents are deluging officials with complaints and filing lawsuits, while some leading companies are installing new equipment, making payments to neighbors or even closing down.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 21, 2021
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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