as in engulfed
to cover with a flood
deluged with requests for help
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Recent Examples of deluged
Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 24 Aug. 2025
Adjective
Of course, the retort is that this would be irritating and exasperating to be continually deluged with alerts about AI deceptiveness.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 24 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for deluged
Verb
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Entrenched Chinese foreign policy positions, including territorial disputes and industrial subsidies that have flooded foreign markets with cheap exports, will likely remain friction points, experts say, while India's deep distrust of China will not dissipate because of one brief meeting.—
James Pomfret,
USA Today,
5 Sep. 2025
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Shortly after her home flooded, Olathe denied her tort claim in early August.—
Taylor O'Connor,
Kansas City Star,
5 Sep. 2025
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When deputies arrived, the plane was engulfed in flames.—
Caroline Zimmerman,
Kansas City Star,
9 Sep. 2025
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Aamir Quereshi imaged the moon moments before it was engulfed in Earth's shadow over Pakistan, with a razor-thin crescent lit by bright sunlight.—
Anthony Wood,
Space.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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Billing engineers were overwhelmed by manual updates, especially for enterprise contracts that spanned multiple clouds and organizational units.—
Scott Woody,
Forbes.com,
1 Sep. 2025
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And even before the storm made landfall, the levees protecting New Orleans began to fail, overwhelmed by heavy rain and massive storm surges.—
Reena Advani,
NPR,
1 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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This set includes eight in saturated tones, plus 30 faux maple leaves that are surprisingly detailed and great for scattering along a mantle or layering into a centerpiece.—
Toni Sutton,
PEOPLE,
5 Sep. 2025
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Coconut is a high-calorie food rich in saturated fat that could potentially impact your heart disease risk.—
Sherri Gordon,
Health,
27 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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West was at the height of his cultural influence and had handpicked Chance, a fellow Chicago native, as his protégé—the successor to the soul-drenched, worshipful hip-hop that West had popularized in the mid-two-thousands.—
Brady Brickner-Wood,
New Yorker,
20 Aug. 2025
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An Explosive Atmosphere Racing Club had a date with destiny in a drenched ‘Cilindro’ stadium in Avellaneda on Tuesday night.—
Joseph O'Sullivan,
Forbes.com,
20 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Once butter is melted and bubbling, add 3 soaked bread slices to pan and cook until golden brown, about 2 minutes per side.—
Kimberly Holland,
Southern Living,
31 Aug. 2025
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Watch this video to see the rice-free way to dry out a soaked smartphone.—
Cody Godwin,
USA Today,
30 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Nothing is pre-washed and none of the ingredients for my recipes were pre-cut.—
Alexis Berger,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
8 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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The blood of this innocent woman can literally be seen dripping from the killer's knife, and now her blood is on the hands of the Democrats who refuse to put bad people in jail, including Former Disgraced Governor and 'Wannabe Senator' Roy Cooper.—
Khaleda Rahman
Anna Commander,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Sep. 2025
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Another project dripping red ink involves the Walt Whitman Bridge between Philadelphia and New Jersey, which began in 2013 and is yet to be completed despite having received more than $1 billion in federal money.—
Editorial,
Boston Herald,
31 Aug. 2025
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“Deluged.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deluged. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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