flushed
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When a toilet is flushed without a lid, it creates a "toilet plume" that releases tiny droplets into the air.
From Science Daily • Apr. 13, 2026
A young couple look into each other’s eyes, their faces flushed.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 14, 2026
Elevated volume last week feels like weak shareholders have been flushed out and a fresh regime of new investors has emerged.
From Barron's • Feb. 12, 2026
Instead, the best of James Harden, Ivica Zubac and a finally healthy Kawhi Leonard has been flushed.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 7, 2026
The nearest neighbors had laughed at her, a small girl swamped in a coat running into the wind; so she’d flushed, and woken earlier the next day so nobody would see her.
From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell
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