flooding

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That came shortly after one of the UK's wettest winters on record in 2023-24, which triggered widespread flooding.

From BBC • May 19, 2026

The viral posts reflect how some influencers seek to profit from a disinformation trend researchers call "real story fakes" -- flooding the internet with sensational AI fabrications about a real story gaining public attention.

From Barron's • May 18, 2026

Within two weeks, executives across major industries began flooding an inbox set up to receive and funnel requests from the Environmental Protection Agency to the White House.

From Salon • May 10, 2026

Then she started a local group for other reformed “Type A” mothers to try to counteract the parenting experts flooding their social media feeds with yet another “practical tip.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026

As the nineteenth century drew to a close, he saw a massive new wave of men flooding into Chicago, fleeing oppression in eastern Europe—from Poland, Czechoslovakia, Lithuania.

From "A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919" by Claire Hartfield