as in to wet
to make wet
watered the plants
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Make sure to check your pots regularly and water them when the soil dries.
Insulate containers before a hard freeze by wrapping layers of burlap, bubble wrap, or a blanket around the pots.
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Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 5 Jan. 2025
Before, nutrients in the water created an algal slick that kept water from seeping into the ground and watering the trees.
—Brandon Loomis, The Arizona Republic, 23 Dec. 2024
To avoid this issue, water your houseplants using the top-down watering method or alternate bottom watering with overhead watering.
—Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 Dec. 2024
On the flip side, if our winters are particularly dry, watering prior to a cold snap can add to the plants hardiness.
—Janet B. Carson, arkansasonline.com, 9 Dec. 2024
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Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 5 Jan. 2025
Before, nutrients in the water created an algal slick that kept water from seeping into the ground and watering the trees.
—Brandon Loomis, The Arizona Republic, 23 Dec. 2024
To avoid this issue, water your houseplants using the top-down watering method or alternate bottom watering with overhead watering.
—Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 Dec. 2024
On the flip side, if our winters are particularly dry, watering prior to a cold snap can add to the plants hardiness.
—Janet B. Carson, arkansasonline.com, 9 Dec. 2024
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Advertisement The Southland remains in high fire season, which could last into the new year without a wetting rainfall, and forecasters say more Santa Ana winds are on the way.Grace Toohey, Los Angeles Times, 16 Dec. 2024
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Placing the plant in a dish filled with water allows its roots to soak up the moisture and keep your plant hydrated, without wetting the soil up top, where gnat larvae tend to live.Katie Liu, Discover Magazine, 11 Nov. 2024
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The proliferation of point solutions—tools that solve only one or two specific pain points—has left organizations drowning in software.Joshua Siler, Forbes, 8 Jan. 2025
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Outside of Hulk Hogan drowning in boos, the Monday Night Raw debut on Netflix was a rousing success.Armon Sadler, VIBE.com, 7 Jan. 2025
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Then, wash your hands and throw your clothes into the washing machine (more on this below).Erica Sloan, SELF, 14 Jan. 2025
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Rabanne light wash denim jackets and wide-leg jeans feature a subtle crackle laser print as well.Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 13 Jan. 2025
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Every year since 2020, the highway across from the port had flooded with hundreds of people marching with pictures of their dead loved ones, glimpses of particular griefs.Youmna Melhem Chamieh, Harper's Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025
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Florida has seen the biggest year-over-year surge in stale inventory in the entire nation in November, according to a new report by real estate brokerage Redfin, as new properties flooded the market at a time when few seemed to be interested in buying them.George Monastiriakos, Newsweek, 31 Dec. 2024
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“Water.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/water. Accessed 19 Jan. 2025.
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