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Recent Examples of water-soak Frost damage causes leaves to appear water-soaked or shriveled, or to turn dark brown or black, but does not always kill the plant. oregonlive, 23 Feb. 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for water-soak
Verb
  • Diagnosis Exams typically begin with a thorough medical history because there is a genetic component to wet AMD, and other health factors can raise your risk.
    Mark Gurarie, Verywell Health, 7 Apr. 2025
  • Serve Use a lime wedge to wet the rim and the side of the bottle.
    Katlyn Moncada, Better Homes & Gardens, 31 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • Reynolds’ colleagues found 97% of people had never washed them, and many were contaminated by bacteria, including E. coli, from foods like raw meats and produce.
    Matt Fuchs, Time, 21 Apr. 2025
  • One of the incidents involved a mother and son whose vehicle was washed into a creek and later wedged against a drainage pipe, police told CNN affiliate KOCO.
    Matthew Rehbein, CNN Money, 20 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • The swimmer drowned about 4:45 p.m. in the river near the 2500 block of Roberts Cut Off Road.
    Emerson Clarridge, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Apr. 2025
  • Most of the Titanic’s passengers and crew didn’t drown inside the wreck, Nargeolet points out, but died of hypothermia in the 100 minutes before the Carpathia found a sea of floating corpses.
    Sean Kingsley, HollywoodReporter, 11 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • Christians and Muslims flooded social media with tributes, remembering his vocal condemnation of violence and consistent empathy for Gaza's civilians.
    Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Apr. 2025
  • Following the announcement, he was immediately flooded with congratulatory comments.
    Mackenzie Cummings-Grady, Billboard, 18 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • California firefighters Rains continue to wet down the state, with more on tap, as a bipartisan group of senators in Sacramento introduces legislation to do away with seasonal staffing and keep CalFire fire stations fully staffed year round.
    Bay Area News Group, The Mercury News, 9 Feb. 2025
  • Once established, the plants shouldn’t need much water, but the crossing will have an irrigation system installed that can be activated to wet down the crossing in the event of a wildfire.
    Jeanette Marantos, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2024

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“Water-soak.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/water-soak. Accessed 26 Apr. 2025.

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