inundate

In a cruel twist, a phenomenon that can inundate the Eastern U.S. can fuel heat, fire, and drought elsewhere.

From Slate ● Sep. 28, 2026

Raising the dam would inundate habitat along the McCloud.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026

Worryingly, Jones draws a close analogy with the present-day situation as he expects the deluge of planned IPO issuance this year, in the form of SpaceX, Anthropic and OpenAI, to inundate the market completely.

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 28, 2026

David Joyce, a Seaport Research Partners media analyst, said part of the reason Tubi has been able to capture audiences—especially young people—is because the platform is easy to use and doesn’t inundate viewers with ads.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 9, 2026

It took about twenty minutes for the spindrift to inundate my bivvy sack—a thin nylon envelope shaped exactly like a Baggies sandwich bag, only bigger—to the level of the breathing slit.

From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer

Checking air quality and staying indoors when smoke inundates the Seattle area has become second nature during Washington’s wildfire season in recent years.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 4, 2024

The scene switches to a rehearsal, in which Isakovic inundates her with notes on a structured improvisation, demanding “relaxed twitching” and insisting she crawl into the audience.

From New York Times ● Feb. 11, 2024

“But what we’ve seen with these extreme weather events is so much liquid gets into the well that it completely inundates the system and then the pumps no longer function,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 12, 2023

Some areas of Florida have been hit with flooding as knee-deep water inundates some coastal towns.

From BBC ● Aug. 30, 2023

At one season of the year it inundates large areas with its superabundance, and at another it is capable of running so low that only mere streams flow between the sand-banks.

From France by Gordon Cochrane Home

Every time I open TikTok lately, I’m inundated with Kalshi ads beckoning me to bet on “Dancing with the Stars.”

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 6, 2026

A massive landslide has partially blocked a river which passes through Chame, causing a temporary lake that has inundated houses and a key bridge.

From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026

Deep floodwaters in Bangkok drove thousands of residents into shelters as others scrambled to buy groceries or dry out their homes on Sunday after days of heavy rain inundated markets, roads and residences.

From Barron's ● Sep. 27, 2026

Routine maintenance, Heller said, can help avoid emergencies where a leak shows up at night during a heavy storm, when roofers may be inundated with service calls.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026

Boston was inundated with British soldiers, and now every third person one met in the street wore the handsome uniform of King George the Third.

From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes

Quakes of that magnitude can even pose a risk of tsunami-like waves on the lake itself, with possible heights of more than 30 feet — capable of inundating many areas near the shoreline.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 4, 2026

He’s omnipresent, completely dominating coverage, constantly in front of cameras and inundating us with round-the-clock Truth Social posts.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 29, 2025

In Toshima village, some residents have been sleep-deprived and tired, authorities said, as they urged the media to stop inundating locals with queries.

From BBC ● Jul. 3, 2025

Residents in the rugged enclave of Tujunga became suspicious in January after dirt-filled trucks began inundating their neighborhood streets, dumping their loads on nearby county-owned property.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 28, 2025

Water surged across the once-dry floor of the sink, inundating farms and settlements, eventually drowning four hundred square miles of desert and giving birth to a landlocked ocean.

From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer