inundate

In a cruel twist, a phenomenon that can inundate the Eastern U.S. can fuel heat, fire, and drought elsewhere.

From Slate ● Sep. 28, 2026

Raising the dam would inundate habitat along the McCloud.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026

Worryingly, Jones draws a close analogy with the present-day situation as he expects the deluge of planned IPO issuance this year, in the form of SpaceX, Anthropic and OpenAI, to inundate the market completely.

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 28, 2026

David Joyce, a Seaport Research Partners media analyst, said part of the reason Tubi has been able to capture audiences—especially young people—is because the platform is easy to use and doesn’t inundate viewers with ads.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 9, 2026

The only place they did not inundate was the patch of hard earth where the hurdles were and where he now sat with Sandy and Nan.

From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes

Checking air quality and staying indoors when smoke inundates the Seattle area has become second nature during Washington’s wildfire season in recent years.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 4, 2024

The scene switches to a rehearsal, in which Isakovic inundates her with notes on a structured improvisation, demanding “relaxed twitching” and insisting she crawl into the audience.

From New York Times ● Feb. 11, 2024

Some areas of Florida have been hit with flooding as knee-deep water inundates some coastal towns.

From BBC ● Aug. 30, 2023

On March 15, brown floodwater inundates a large swath of land.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 22, 2023

In the wet season the Saskatchewan inundates the low flat region through which it flows, much like the Nile.

From The Reminiscences of an Astronomer by Simon Newcomb

Every time I open TikTok lately, I’m inundated with Kalshi ads beckoning me to bet on “Dancing with the Stars.”

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 6, 2026

In the 48 hours it was open, it was inundated with calls.

From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026

Deep floodwaters in Bangkok drove thousands of residents into shelters as others scrambled to buy groceries or dry out their homes on Sunday after days of heavy rain inundated markets, roads and residences.

From Barron's ● Sep. 27, 2026

Cities such as Austin, Phoenix, Denver and Atlanta were inundated with new luxury apartments and not enough people to fill them.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 21, 2026

For two hours—even after the program ended—the department was inundated with about two thousand calls.

From "Spooked!" by Gail Jarrow

But despite the clips inundating your Instagram feed, your chance of getting bitten is still small—less than one in four million, said Gavin Naylor, director of the University of Florida’s shark-research program.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 20, 2026

In Toshima village, some residents have been sleep-deprived and tired, authorities said, as they urged the media to stop inundating locals with queries.

From BBC ● Jul. 3, 2025

Residents in the rugged enclave of Tujunga became suspicious in January after dirt-filled trucks began inundating their neighborhood streets, dumping their loads on nearby county-owned property.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 28, 2025

During those storms, floodwaters surged into the Tulare Lake Basin, submerging roads, breaking through levees and inundating farmlands, where workers rushed to move equipment to high ground.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 13, 2025

The ancestors of modern speakers of Thai, Lao, and Burmese all moved south from South China and adjacent areas to their present locations within historical times, successively inundating the settled descendants of previous migrations.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond