Thesaurus / washout
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The weekend won’t be a washout, but we’ll run a chance for showers and storms both days.
PM UPDATE: SCATTERED STRONG STORMS MAY PRODUCE FLOODING THROUGH EVENINGIAN LIVINGSTONAUGUST 5, 2022WASHINGTON POSTHis second was a washout because of the coronavirus pandemic.
A COLLEGE PITCHER IS TRYING TO TURN THE THEFT OF HIS PROSTHETIC ARM INTO A CHARITY DRIVECINDY BORENMAY 7, 2021WASHINGTON POSTWhen the washout bowl was introduced it was considered perfection.
ELEMENTS OF PLUMBINGSAMUEL DIBBLEHe hurried down the track west of a curve which was a few hundred feet beyond the washout, and saw the train coming at full speed.
FACING THE WORLDHORATIO ALGEROne day as they lay in a washout, Wolf-Voice pointed to columns of dust far to the south.
JOHN ERMINE OF THE YELLOWSTONEFREDERIC REMINGTONRight here there was a small washout in 84 the road, and Bob overlooked it.
RUTH FIELDING AT SUNRISE FARMALICE B. EMERSONIt was a mile or more to the washout in the road, but the excitement made him keen for the test.
THE DAUGHTER OF ANDERSON CROWGEORGE BARR MCCUTCHEONThe huge automobile had struck the washout, and it was now lying at the base of the bluff, smashed to pieces on the rocks!
THE DAUGHTER OF ANDERSON CROWGEORGE BARR MCCUTCHEONAt the head of the washout I spied some yellow long-horned Texas cattle, and gave them a wide berth.
AMERICAN BIG-GAME HUNTINGVARIOUSBob Starr was eager to see the washout, and decide for himself what chance of escape they might have had.
MEG OF MYSTERY MOUNTAINGRACE MAY NORTHWORDS RELATED TO WASHOUT
- act of gods
- adversities
- afflictions
- bad lucks
- bad news
- bales
- banes
- blight
- blows
- busts
- calamities
- casualties
- cataclysms
- catastrophes
- collapses
- collisions
- crashes
- debacles
- defeats
- depressions
- emergencies
- exigencies
- failures
- falls
- fell strokes
- fiascoes
- floods
- flops
- griefs
- hard lucks
- harm
- hazards
- holocausts
- hot waters
- ill lucks
- misadventures
- mischances
- misfortunes
- mishaps
- reverses
- rocks
- roughs
- ruination
- ruins
- setbacks
- slips
- strokes
- the worsts
- tragedies
- undoings
- upsets
- washouts
- woes
- bankruptcy
- bomb
- botch
- breakdown
- bungle
- bust
- checkmate
- collapse
- decay
- decline
- defeat
- deficiency
- deficit
- deterioration
- downfall
- failing
- false step
- faux pas
- fiasco
- flash in the pan
- flop
- frustration
- implosion
- inadequacy
- lead balloon
- lemon
- loser
- loss
- mess
- misadventure
- miscarriage
- misstep
- nonperformance
- nonsuccess
- overthrow
- rout
- rupture
- sinking ship
- stalemate
- stoppage
- total loss
- turkey
- washout
- wreck
- abortion
- bankruptcy
- bomb
- botch
- breakdown
- bungle
- bust
- checkmate
- collapse
- decay
- decline
- default
- defeat
- deficiency
- deficit
- delinquency
- dereliction
- deterioration
- downfall
- failing
- false step
- faux pas
- fiasco
- flash in the pan
- flop
- frustration
- implosion
- inadequacy
- lead balloon
- lemon
- loser
- loss
- mess
- misadventure
- miscarriage
- misstep
- neglect
- nonperformance
- nonsuccess
- omission
- overthrow
- rout
- rupture
- sinking ship
- stalemate
- stoppage
- total loss
- turkey
- washout
- wreck
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