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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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The sisters broke away to dedicate an altar to one of their siblings who recently died and whose death came after a deluge of personal losses.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2026

Treasury supply amid the deluge of AI debt the market has been digesting this year.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 29, 2026

The message, after the goal deluge, was 'what are you saying to it now?'

From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026

Really, “flooded” doesn’t begin to quantify the deluge.

From Salon ● Oct. 22, 2026

It falls upon us in a single massive deluge that only lasts for a couple of seconds, but it’s enough to drench us, to soak the ground, and to wound the fire.

From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman

The broadcaster additionally cited Americans’ continuous deluges of supportive comments when it asked the regulatory agency, in June, to drop its license order.

From Slate ● Aug. 18, 2026

Newsom and other supporters have said the tunnel would protect the state’s water system as climate change intensifies severe droughts and deluges.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 7, 2026

In Aceh Tamiang, one of the hardest-hit areas of Indonesia, survivors described villages being entirely swept away by fast-moving deluges.

From BBC ● Dec. 6, 2025

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

A sublime man, who alone in those dark days escaped from black materialisms and revolutionary deluges with God, Freedom, Immortality, still his.

From Religion and Science From Galileo to Bergson by John Charlton Hardwick

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

When it became clear that the company was replacing its original formula rather than offering New Coke alongside it, its Atlanta headquarters was deluged with angry phone calls.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 23, 2026

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

From "Frightful's Mountain" by Jean Craighead George

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

Wednesday evening, up to 2 to 4 inches of rain fell in less than two hours — deluging Washington, D.C.'s northern suburbs.

From Washington Post ● Jun. 10, 2022

Angry residents are deluging officials with complaints and filing lawsuits, while some leading companies are installing new equipment, making payments to neighbors or even closing down.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 21, 2021

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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