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as in saturated
containing, covered with, or thoroughly penetrated by water
the streets were awash from the heavy rains
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as in filled
possessing or covered with great numbers or amounts of something specified
the literary review is currently awash in submissions and will not be accepting any more until next year
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Recent Examples of awash
Bluesky, which has been gaining about a million users per day since Election Day in the US, is full of people looking to re-create the Twitter of circa 2009, before the platform was awash in slurs and trolls.
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Angela Watercutter, WIRED, 22 Nov. 2024
Within seconds the ring was awash with trainers, officials and fans, shortly followed by Zairean police and paratroopers.
—Jamie Barton, CNN, 30 Oct. 2024
The ’80s were awash in teen stories and maybe the show is using music from that era to invoke all those tropes in order to better subvert them.
—Nina Metz, Chicago Tribune, 6 Dec. 2024
The effect is obscured, awash in a sea of ordinary price hikes, inflation, and business decisions made by the vendor.
—Andrew Leahey, Forbes, 27 Nov. 2024
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Angela Watercutter, WIRED, 22 Nov. 2024
Within seconds the ring was awash with trainers, officials and fans, shortly followed by Zairean police and paratroopers.
—Jamie Barton, CNN, 30 Oct. 2024
The ’80s were awash in teen stories and maybe the show is using music from that era to invoke all those tropes in order to better subvert them.
—Nina Metz, Chicago Tribune, 6 Dec. 2024
The effect is obscured, awash in a sea of ordinary price hikes, inflation, and business decisions made by the vendor.
—Andrew Leahey, Forbes, 27 Nov. 2024
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Recommendations from the Dietary Guidelines for Americans say that Americans should eat more beans, peas and lentils, cut back on red and processed meats and starchy vegetables and limit sugars, sodium and saturated fats.Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2024
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Americans should strive to eat less meat and saturated fats, while upping their intake of fiber-rich legumes, fruits and vegetables, according to new recommendations issued Tuesday by a panel of nutrition experts.Ivana Saric, Axios, 11 Dec. 2024
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Recent examples of people acting out of this same humble presumption—and being slapped down for it—are abundant.Gal Beckerman, The Atlantic, 13 Dec. 2024
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Lessons from nations with better-performing health systems are abundant.Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 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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Wearing a mask, especially in crowded indoor areas, can help minimize transmission of not just SARS-CoV-2, but all respiratory viruses.Jamie Ducharme, TIME, 18 Dec. 2024
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Founded by coffee enthusiast and marketing expert David Boucher, Escape Cafe stands out in the crowded specialty coffee niche, offering customers the highest quality beans and blends roasted just right every time.Tyler Shepherd, USA TODAY, 16 Dec. 2024
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Trucks travel through a flooded road while exiting from an Amazon delivery station in Carlstadt, New Jersey, U.S., on Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2020.Jeff Marks, CNBC, 1 Nov. 2024
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Rescuers in Atlanta used boats to reach residents stranded in flooded areas.Rachel Ramirez, CNN, 1 Oct. 2024
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Luckily that doesn’t require braving packed grocery stores and spending hours in the kitchen.Samantha Nelson, Chicago Tribune, 17 Dec. 2024
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The former is now in Texas working alongside Jimmy while being berated by new boss Travis, and the latter is at a cowboy bar catching a packed country music show.Matt Cabral, EW.com, 16 Dec. 2024
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By Mathew Rodriguez December 9, 2024 People walking out of the movie theater after seeing Wicked are no doubt replete with questions.Mathew Rodriguez, Them, 9 Dec. 2024
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Many stories — from, for example, small media sites — are replete with the obligatory (and stale) ad hominem attacks on Musk.Brooke Crothers, Forbes, 24 Nov. 2024
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The Syrian economy was teetering, thanks in large part to U.S.-led sanctions, and corruption was rife.John Feffer, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
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Opportunities are particularly rife for free graphics and design apps, a category that’s positively saturated with AI content creation tools.Jess Weatherbed, The Verge, 9 Dec. 2024
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“Awash.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/awash. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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