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  • past participle of douse.
  • past tense form of douse.

doused







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The “lentils,” as Mars calls them, are then doused in a sugary coating and loaded into huge rotating drums, or pans, to be colored.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 18, 2026

They formed a line around the building to be doused with holy water by the parish priest.

From BBC • Apr. 12, 2026

He posted a video on TikTok of his experiment: Spending the day in clothes doused with an entire bottle of Axe.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 22, 2026

In December however the US Food and Drug Administration doused hopes for its tolebrutinib drug by refusing to approve it for a form of multiple sclerosis.

From Barron's • Feb. 12, 2026

“That’s the best part of skunk spray. After a short while, you can’t smell yourself—or anyone else who’s been doused in it.”

From "Frightful's Mountain" by Jean Craighead George




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