as in saturated
containing, covered with, or thoroughly penetrated by water
waterlogged soil that caused the roots of the potted plant to rot
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as in wet
to make wet
the wood was too waterlogged by the downpour to be used for a fire
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Joseph Wilson and Teresa Medrano, Los Angeles Times, 30 Oct. 2024
Use a well-draining pot to allow excess water to drain and to prevent the plant from becoming waterlogged.
—Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 26 Oct. 2024
Anything Helene left behind is a waterlogged shell of what used to be.
—Ayurella Horn-Muller / Grist, Quartz, 24 Oct. 2024
On Monday, after river levels lowered, cleanup crews were at work removing thick mud and pulling belongings from waterlogged homes.
—Chris Kenning, USA TODAY, 1 Oct. 2024
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Cars were piled up and the streets were filled with clumps of waterlogged branches.
—Joseph Wilson and Teresa Medrano, Los Angeles Times, 30 Oct. 2024
Use a well-draining pot to allow excess water to drain and to prevent the plant from becoming waterlogged.
—Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 26 Oct. 2024
Anything Helene left behind is a waterlogged shell of what used to be.
—Ayurella Horn-Muller / Grist, Quartz, 24 Oct. 2024
On Monday, after river levels lowered, cleanup crews were at work removing thick mud and pulling belongings from waterlogged homes.
—Chris Kenning, USA TODAY, 1 Oct. 2024
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There are slight differences in their unsaturated and saturated fat content and their sodium and potassium concentrations.Isabel Vasquez RD LDN, Health, 2 Nov. 2024
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Its softer tones serve as a backdrop to a myriad of accent colors and furnishing styles, while more saturated yellows can be played up to make more of a statement—especially with finish treatment (eggshell vs. gloss etc.).Cameron Beall, Southern Living, 26 Oct. 2024
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In a desperate attempt to escape the heat, the lawsuit said many prisoners wet their sheets and sleep on the concrete floor.Minnah Arshad, USA TODAY, 1 Nov. 2024
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To whet your appetite (or wet your whistle), here are the current odds, courtesy of betonline.ag: Ohtani, 1-12 Francisco Lindor, 5-1 Marcell Ozuna, 75-1 The postseason race A look at how the teams stack up.Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 6 Sep. 2024
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Rain falls on a flooded road in Roswell, New Mexico, U.S., October 19, 2024, in this screengrab obtained from a social media video.CBS News, CBS News, 21 Oct. 2024
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Yellow jackets are swarming in flooded parts of North Carolina.Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 4 Oct. 2024
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Chief among them are efforts to train crews to identify and treat an overdose and a push to saturate fleets with naloxone, the opioid antagonist, commonly administered as a nasal spray under the trade name Narcan, that can reverse overdoses and retrieve a fading patient from a mortal slide.C.J. Chivers James Patrick Cronin Elena Hecht Anna Diamond Quinton Kamara, New York Times, 6 June 2024
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To give the vinegar a longer working time, saturate paper towels and press them against the glass like wallpaper.Jeanne Huber, Washington Post, 1 Mar. 2024
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“Waterlogged.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/waterlogged. Accessed 17 Nov. 2024.
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