torrent
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But those weren’t enough to offset the torrent of losses.
From The Wall Street Journal โ Sep. 27, 2026
Jackie died last month after a weeks-long battle with a mysterious illness, setting off a torrent of heart-wrenching tributes and messages from her devoted fans who hailed from around the globe.
From Los Angeles Times โ Sep. 4, 2026
Elliptical, digressing, self-interrupting, parenthesizing, Herzen wrote as he spoke, in a torrent of ideas, reminiscences, and literary and historical allusions.
From The Wall Street Journal โ Sep. 4, 2026
At first blush, this torrent of spending is a little odd.
From Salon โ Sep. 2, 2026
The passageway widens into a larger cavern, and the scattered cave lights merge into a torrent of glowing creatures.
From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera
Los Angeles County uses a network of 27 spreading grounds, where artificial basins fill up when storms send torrents cascading down from the mountains into the San Fernando and San Gabriel valleys.
From Los Angeles Times โ Sep. 26, 2026
Like the groves and gardens, houses built foolhardily near the dry summertime river risked being pulled off their foundations and washed away by the winter torrents.
From Los Angeles Times โ Sep. 17, 2026
Survivors of massive flash floods in Nepal have recounted how they saw their loved ones disappear into torrents of mud.
From BBC โ Aug. 27, 2026
He starts gently behind Mr. Blanchard, whose goal of building toward a climax is well-served as Blakey grows gradually more animated, ending in torrents of stickwork and declarative bass-drum kicks.
From The Wall Street Journal โ Dec. 15, 2025
On August 1, torrents of rain descended on the Flint Creek watershed.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
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"Julius Caesar" by William Shakespeare, Act I
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