torrent
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A reservoir wall broke in Nanning in China, sending out a torrent of water after rivers swelled from the passage of a typhoon.
From BBC ● Jul. 7, 2026
If users plan to torrent, game or make video calls, speed and reliability are crucial.
From Salon ● Jun. 10, 2026
Moriarty has faced a torrent of online harassment herself about her physical appearance, which recently led her to reveal that she has been suffering from Graves’ disease.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 10, 2026
Accelerating inflation, shifting central-bank policy and a coming torrent of equity issuance, with the expected IPOs of SpaceX, Anthropic and OpenAI, could work together to dampen demand for stocks.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 2, 2026
The Rio Bravo, as it is called here, is swollen with rain, a torrent of water coursing toward the Gulf of Mexico.
From "Enrique's Journey" by Sonia Nazario
Spanish police published footage of flooded fields and torrents of water that were engulfing buildings and vehicles.
From Barron's ● Feb. 4, 2026
But on the Italians’ opening night, the torrents of rain short-circuited TV monitors and panelists struggled to give their presentations.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 21, 2025
The storm sent torrents of muddy water down hillsides and into towns and cities.
From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2025
On the one hand, this is a place that is known to be dangerous—part of Texas’ Flash Flood Alley, where big storms, dry ground, and hilly terrain routinely combine to turn riverbeds into deadly torrents.
From Slate ● Jul. 8, 2025
Branch-cracking winds and thunder that shook the bowl of the sky would descend on the island, along with torrents of life-giving rain.
From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer
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