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In Greek mythology, whose anger was said to cause a great deluge sent to punish humanity?

deluge

[del-yooj, -yoozh, del-ooj, -oozh, dih-looj, -loozh] / ˈdɛl judʒ, -juʒ, ˈdɛl udʒ, -uʒ, dɪˈludʒ, -ˈluʒ /






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On a 5,500-acre farm near Fresno, grower Don Cameron is prepared for a deluge.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 26, 2026

So far, the bulk of AI-related debt issuance has been funded in the U.S. investment-grade corporate-bond market since the deluge began in earnest about a year ago.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 23, 2026

Fortunes are set to change by midweek with drier conditions forecast following a deluge for many parts of the UK on Tuesday.

From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026

Treasury yields have marched higher for much of the summer, driven by concerns about rising oil prices, growing U.S. budget deficits and a deluge of tech-company bonds now competing for investors’ cash.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026

But then, just as suddenly as it had started, the deluge stopped.

From "James and the Giant Peach" by Roald Dahl

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

Torrential monsoon season deluges paired with two separate tropical cyclones last week dumped heavy rain across all of Sri Lanka and parts of Indonesia's Sumatra, southern Thailand and northern Malaysia.

From Barron's ● Dec. 2, 2025

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

This means the increased risk of flooding, with ground becoming saturated by persistent winter rainfall and drainage systems overwhelmed by summer deluges.

From BBC ● May 23, 2024

When the faltering, fitful breezes first failed us, a long succession of rain deluges set in, which at first were most heartily welcome.

From The Log of a Sea-Waif Being Recollections of the First Four Years of My Sea Life by Frank T. Bullen

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

Utah officials have complained that the state has been deluged with constitutional challenges.

From Slate ● May 4, 2026

The rain deluged, flooding the girder and running into the aerie.

From "Frightful's Mountain" by Jean Craighead George

“We got to probably 15 and it kind of started deluging, so the greens got a little softer.”

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 15, 2023

But China’s Covid wave is still deluging its most populous city.

From New York Times ● Jan. 10, 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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