as in flooding
to cover with a flood
deluged with requests for help
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Beijing will keep trying to export its way out, flooding global markets—an approach that most trading partners may absorb this year but won’t tolerate forever.—
Ian Bremmer, Time, 6 Jan. 2026
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An old rusted pipe had burst in an area where many people lived in makeshift homes; water gushed out, flooding their homes.—
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Exactly a year ago, Pratt and Montag documented their family's evacuation from their Palisades home on social media, sharing security camera footage that showed the fire approaching and engulfing their desk.—
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Witnesses described scenes of panic as flames spread rapidly through the basement level before engulfing the upper floor.—
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“Deluging.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deluging. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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