saturate

Example Sentences

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There are five flood warnings in Devon and two in Cornwall and the Environment Agency said, with the ground already saturated, river levels were expected to stay high for some time.

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Germany is the European Union's potato-producing capital, and last year's harvest has left the market saturated.

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Exceptionally wet weather, marked by a series of high-impact storms and persistent rainfall, has saturated the ground and triggered widespread flooding, external.

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Given recent rainfall and the very saturated conditions of the ground, there is an increasing risk of flooding.

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These areas have already had a large amount of rain, so there is a risk of flooding as more rain falls on ground that is currently saturated.

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