washing away
Example Sentences
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In 2024, a glacial lake in Nepal burst, cascading into another lake that also burst, washing away Thame, the hometown of Tenzing Norgay, who, alongside Edmund Hillary, achieved the first recorded summit of Mount Everest.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026
Dozens are missing or injured after the typhoon made landfall on Sunday night, flooding roads, washing away bridges and tearing roofs off buildings before weakening and moving into neighbouring Laos.
From BBC • Sep. 29, 2025
We have since lived through Hurricane Maria ripping apart Puerto Rico in 2017, Hurricane Helene washing away communities across the Southeastern seaboard in 2024, and sudden flash floods in Texas earlier this month.
From Salon • Jul. 25, 2025
Most notably, the 1964 Alaska earthquake set off a catastrophic tsunami that devastated the city, washing away 29 blocks and killing at least 11 people.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 18, 2025
When rain comes finally, washing away a low sky of muddy ocher, we who could not control the phenomenon are pressed into relief.
From "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" by Maya Angelou
