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Who wrote the 1872 novella The Torrents of Spring?

torrent

[tawr-uhnt, tor-] / ˈtΙ”r Ι™nt, ˈtΙ’r- /


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The declining support comes after an onslaught of money spent opposing Proposition 40, including a torrent of television and social media ads airing everywhere from NFL games to “Everybody Loves Raymond” reruns.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2026

For Bay Area journalist Bojana Cvijic, “The Devils” began as grainy screenshots on her Tumblr dashboard and a low-quality “yet still awe-inspiring” torrent sent over by a friend.

From Salon ● Oct. 22, 2026

South Korea’s trade data, seen as a bellwether of AI demand, show few signs that the hunger for chips is ebbing as a torrent of investment in AI infrastructure continues.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

But those weren’t enough to offset the torrent of losses.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026

There came a torrent of gasping, choked weeping but no words save for, “Hernando, Hernando!”

From "Lupita MaΓ±ana" by Patricia Beatty

Though an uncensored director’s cut premiered in 2002, it was never formally released on home media, and “The Devils” remained difficult to find outside of low-quality, choppily edited releases and torrents for decades.

From Salon ● Oct. 22, 2026

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 ● Sep. 26, 2026

For Chris Quinn, the editor of local publications Cleveland.com and the Plain Dealer, AI tools have helped tame other torrents facing the industry.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 27, 2026

Better that than listening to the torrents of stick about his team and the wounding chat about his head coach.

From BBC ● Feb. 14, 2026

Some days the rain came in torrents and they could do nothing.

From "Carry On, Mr. Bowditch" by Jean Lee Latham


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