inundate
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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
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
Mr Weston said "prolonged wet weather meant further rain had nowhere to go other than to inundate our ageing and fragile sewer network".
From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2025
“Can we not inundate this amazing young woman with our masculine vitriol on her birthday?”
From "Odd One Out" by Nic Stone
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Some areas of Florida have been hit with flooding as knee-deep water inundates some coastal towns.
From BBC ● Aug. 30, 2023
During heavy rain events, the water inundates the island.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 17, 2023
On March 15, brown floodwater inundates a large swath of land.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 22, 2023
Given that reality, a devastating storm that inundates a large number of structures could force the area to consider where it is safe to rebuild — and where it isn’t.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 26, 2022
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
Incident command was ultimately forced to relocate three times, as command posts were inundated with fleeing residents and eventually the fire itself.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 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
The area has a 1% annual probability of being inundated by a flood, according to FEMA.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 23, 2026
She works within its enhanced outreach support team, and said they were "absolutely inundated" with demand.
From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026
Later, I would learn that the disciplinary committee, inundated with more serious offenses, had essentially thrown this one into the circular file.
From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover
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But despite the clips inundating your Instagram feed, your chance of getting bitten is still small—less than one in four million, said Gavin Naylor, director of the University of Florida’s shark-research program.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 20, 2026
I kind of designed my content to be able to make it easily because I feel like my approach is just inundating you with Kev.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 20, 2025
Pamela Bulahan is one of them, and she remember being 9 back in 1972, when one of those earthen barriers failed and water surged toward the town of Isleton, inundating streets.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 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
The ancestors of modern speakers of Thai, Lao, and Burmese all moved south from South China and adjacent areas to their present locations within historical times, successively inundating the settled descendants of previous migrations.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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