water-logged
Example Sentences
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After a night of chaos and confrontation, the clearest reminder of the protests on Wednesday morning were water-logged flyers littering streets alongside the campus perimeter.
From BBC • May 1, 2024
Lueth also said that oil wells, which were water-logged by heavy floods over the past rainy season, are not yet fully operational.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 28, 2024
Chances for more downed trees, as well as mudslides, road flooding and power outages are increasing as the storm continues to dump rain on an already water-logged region.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 6, 2024
"They become so water-logged that it's difficult to pull them out of the ocean. And they are so cheap to replace that people just leave them in the water and buy new ones."
From Science Daily • Nov. 30, 2023
Nothing familiar, not a traffic clog of yellow rusted buses or a water-logged slum of zinc shacks.
From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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