as in engulfing
to cover with a flood
the lowlands were completely flooded angry calls flooded the radio station
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Recent Examples of flooding
Then the Secret Service and every detail came flooding in and everybody went down.
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Calvin Woodward, Chicago Tribune, 26 Apr. 2026
Pittsburgh had 16 prospects attend in person, but the real stars were the fans flooding the North Shore and Point State Park.
—Dan Zaksheske Outkick, FOXNews.com, 26 Apr. 2026
Heavy rainfall leading to flooding concerns.
—Noelle Alviz-Gransee, Kansas City Star, 26 Apr. 2026
Developers routinely file speculative interconnection requests for projects that never get built, flooding queues with phantom demand.
—Tejasri Gururaj, Interesting Engineering, 24 Apr. 2026
Students and teachers at Oakton College in northwest suburban Des Plaines will be back in the classroom on Friday, after flooding forced the school to move classes online earlier this week.
—Todd Feurer, CBS News, 24 Apr. 2026
Amazon, Snap, Block and other tech companies have continued to slash their workforces this year, flooding the competitive job market with more talent.
—Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 2026
But bad actors have learned to weaponize that same amendment as a shield, flooding the information ecosystem with content designed to discreetly destabilize our communities.
—Julian Baron, Baltimore Sun, 19 Apr. 2026
Widespread damaging wind gusts and flooding rainfall are still to come as storms hit areas already battered by a multi-day onslaught of twisters, massive hail and historic flooding.
—Briana Waxman, CNN Money, 17 Apr. 2026
Calvin Woodward, Chicago Tribune, 26 Apr. 2026
Pittsburgh had 16 prospects attend in person, but the real stars were the fans flooding the North Shore and Point State Park.
—Dan Zaksheske Outkick, FOXNews.com, 26 Apr. 2026
Heavy rainfall leading to flooding concerns.
—Noelle Alviz-Gransee, Kansas City Star, 26 Apr. 2026
Developers routinely file speculative interconnection requests for projects that never get built, flooding queues with phantom demand.
—Tejasri Gururaj, Interesting Engineering, 24 Apr. 2026
Students and teachers at Oakton College in northwest suburban Des Plaines will be back in the classroom on Friday, after flooding forced the school to move classes online earlier this week.
—Todd Feurer, CBS News, 24 Apr. 2026
Amazon, Snap, Block and other tech companies have continued to slash their workforces this year, flooding the competitive job market with more talent.
—Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 2026
But bad actors have learned to weaponize that same amendment as a shield, flooding the information ecosystem with content designed to discreetly destabilize our communities.
—Julian Baron, Baltimore Sun, 19 Apr. 2026
Widespread damaging wind gusts and flooding rainfall are still to come as storms hit areas already battered by a multi-day onslaught of twisters, massive hail and historic flooding.
—Briana Waxman, CNN Money, 17 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for flooding
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This anger crackles around him like a smoldering fire, igniting and engulfing everyone from the workers on his farm, his meek sister Férula (Fernanda Castillo), to Clara and, eventually, to their daughter, Blanca (Sara Becker and later Fernanda Urrejola), Alba’s idealistic mother.—
Aramide Tinubu,
Variety,
29 Apr. 2026
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At least eight people were killed in Odesa, where video posted by the State Emergency Service, shows a fire engulfing a building and response teams carrying one casualty on a stretcher.—
Daria Tarasova-Markina,
CNN Money,
16 Apr. 2026
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In contrast to typical airline food drowning in salt and sauces, the culinary offerings aboard Aero are a delight, with meals created in partnership with Erewhon, Spago, Parm, Sadelle’s and Flora Farms along with an open bar of top-shelf spirits and Veuve Clicquot champagne.—
Beth Landman,
HollywoodReporter,
28 Apr. 2026
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In a separate incident, two Carnival passengers also died in drowning cases at the company’s private Bahamas resort.—
Stepheny Price,
FOXNews.com,
28 Apr. 2026
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Dedicating one corner of the patio to a dense cluster of plants creates a lush focal point without overwhelming the rest of the space.—
Lauren Jarvis-Gibson,
Charlotte Observer,
28 Apr. 2026
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Critics are also worried about the building height overwhelming the area.—
Susannah Bryan,
Sun Sentinel,
27 Apr. 2026
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Blanched Blanching, which involves boiling the food first and then submerging it in cold water, is another healthy method of cooking spinach.—
Cristina Mutchler,
Verywell Health,
3 Apr. 2026
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Their system consisted of submerging pre-term lambs in artificial amniotic fluid, where a pumpless oxygenator, supplied by a sweep gas, mimicked placental perfusion.—
Srishti Gupta,
Interesting Engineering,
28 Mar. 2026
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Nearly every waterway in Cheboygan County has overflowed its banks, with Black Lake, the Cheboygan River and other waterways inundating docks, roads, yards and nearby homes.—
Sarah Brumfield,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Apr. 2026
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Based on moderate projections from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, sea level could rise by about 10 inches by 2040, inundating a million acres of land in Florida and necessitating the relocation of more than 200,000 residents.—
Tom Hoctor,
The Orlando Sentinel,
16 Apr. 2026
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“Flooding.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flooding. Accessed 1 May. 2026.
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