Example Sentences

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Despite the threat of floods, a wet winter could bring some relief to the Colorado River basin, which is in an “exceptionally severe multi-decadal drought,” Swain wrote.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 15, 2026

These days, when classes let out, my local Starbucks floods with credit-card-wielding teens ordering $8 drinks.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026

Fraser Sutherland, the group's coalition manager, said: "Climate change is already affecting people's health and well-being, livelihoods and financial stability in Scotland, with more frequent storms, floods, droughts and wildfires wreaking havoc across the country."

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026

The energy ministry said the floods were caused by "the significant and unprecedented increase in water flows from the Turkish side".

From Barron's • Jun. 2, 2026

Rather than a colossal biblical Flood, Lyell argued, there had been millions of floods; God had shaped the earth not through singular cataclysms but through a million paper cuts.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee