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as in barrage
a rapid or overwhelming outpouring of many things at once
a shower of insults and curses rained down on the criminal as he was led through the crowd
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Recent Examples of shower
Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 3 Nov. 2024
The corner bathroom features a basic wet bath layout with cassette toilet, shower and sink.
—New Atlas, 2 Nov. 2024
Emma Aerin Becker, People.com, 28 Oct. 2024
The expansion would shower as much as $3.75 billion in tax credits to the industry over five years starting in 2025.
—Katie Kilkenny, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Oct. 2024
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Soft furnishings bring warmth, with a rain shower and bathtub for luxury finishes.
—Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 3 Nov. 2024
The corner bathroom features a basic wet bath layout with cassette toilet, shower and sink.
—New Atlas, 2 Nov. 2024
Verb
To announce the news, the influencer and McClintock held up a balloon filled with confetti and once popped, blue confetti showered over the pair.
—Emma Aerin Becker, People.com, 28 Oct. 2024
The expansion would shower as much as $3.75 billion in tax credits to the industry over five years starting in 2025.
—Katie Kilkenny, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Oct. 2024
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Related Articles Bay Area rain: Who got the most and least?Rick Hurd, The Mercury News, 13 Nov. 2024
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Each jacket offers a different degree of protection from cold, wind, and rain.Abigail Barronian, Outside Online, 11 Nov. 2024
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Tensions between Israel and Iran remain at a boiling point, more than a week after Israel launched a wave of airstrikes into Iranian territory, the latest in a chain of retaliatory attacks after Iran fired a barrage of around 200 missiles at Israel in early October.Cybele Mayes-Osterman, USA TODAY, 4 Nov. 2024
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The four were among seven people killed Thursday in a series of barrages fired at Israel from Lebanon.Wafaa Shurafa and Julia Frankel, Los Angeles Times, 1 Nov. 2024
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If former President Donald Trump is to be believed, some of the richest and most powerful people in the world have called him to lavish him with compliments.Gaby Del Valle, The Verge, 31 Oct. 2024
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Yes, he has been called France’s most important novelist, but praise is generally lavished on his ideas, not their expression.Judith Shulevitz, The Atlantic, 24 Oct. 2024
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Gross bookings, which includes ride hails, delivery orders and driver and merchant earnings but not tips, totaled $41 billion for the third quarter, slightly below the mid-point of Uber’s own guidance range.Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 31 Oct. 2024
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Potential threats include damaging wind gusts, large hail and a few tornadoes, some of which could be EF2 or stronger.Robert Shackelford, Taylor Ward and Eric Zerkel, CNN, 30 Oct. 2024
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Since the intelligence agencies do not usually bother to debunk such individual bits of false propaganda, the sudden flurry of public notifications indicates the severity of the threat that U.S. spies now see in the underlying Russian plot against the election.The New Yorker, The New Yorker, 5 Nov. 2024
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The flurry of pre-election surveys all found Trump leading the race, although only one found the former president outside its margin of error.Stephanie Murray, The Arizona Republic, 5 Nov. 2024
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While results will start pouring in when the polls close, the outcome of any race may not be clear for awhile.Paul Egan, Detroit Free Press, 6 Nov. 2024
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Money has poured in as well, with much of it backing Goodwine.Lucas Aulbach, The Courier-Journal, 5 Nov. 2024
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Threat actors using RedLine had heaped praise upon the malware for being able to circumvent Google Chrome’s password and cookie encryption mechanisms.Davey Winder, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
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The same analysis says former President Trump’s ideas could heap another $7.5 trillion onto the debt and possibly as much as $15.2 trillion.Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 7 Oct. 2024
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“Shower.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shower. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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