as in poured
to give readily and in large quantities
showered gifts on the guests of honor
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Recent Examples of showered
At the Tate Gallery, fans who had gathered outside to greet her showered her with birthday presents—from cards to flowers and a small pink balloon with a cartoon bear, People reported.
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Rachel Burchfield,
InStyle,
2 July 2026
Amid the postgame handshakes, González showered Roberts with bubble gum.
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Assistant Sports Editor,
Los Angeles Times,
1 July 2026
Brock Lesnar—Hell In A Cell—Confirmed For SummerSlam King Oba Femi was showered with cheers.
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Alfred Konuwa,
Forbes.com,
30 June 2026
Police said that the two women had changed clothes and showered by the time officers arrived.
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Minyvonne Burke,
NBC news,
30 June 2026
Alec and Hilaria showered their son with kisses for his eighth birthday in September.
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Stephanie Sengwe,
PEOPLE,
30 June 2026
But the men were showered with glass all the same, a reminder that the fortified city that for years has offered troops a respite from combat has come into range for the Kremlin’s artillery and air strikes.
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Bloomberg News,
Boston Herald,
27 June 2026
So as the team made its way up the Canyon of Heroes Thursday morning, it was showered instead with shredded office paper and blue and orange confetti.
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Jean E. Palmieri,
Footwear News,
18 June 2026
For example, French Marshal Henri Petain was showered with ticker tape in 1931 and later convicted of treason for heading the Vichy government that collaborated with the Nazis during World War II.
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Jennifer Peltz,
Fortune,
17 June 2026
Rachel Burchfield,
InStyle,
2 July 2026
Amid the postgame handshakes, González showered Roberts with bubble gum.
—
Assistant Sports Editor,
Los Angeles Times,
1 July 2026
Brock Lesnar—Hell In A Cell—Confirmed For SummerSlam King Oba Femi was showered with cheers.
—
Alfred Konuwa,
Forbes.com,
30 June 2026
Police said that the two women had changed clothes and showered by the time officers arrived.
—
Minyvonne Burke,
NBC news,
30 June 2026
Alec and Hilaria showered their son with kisses for his eighth birthday in September.
—
Stephanie Sengwe,
PEOPLE,
30 June 2026
But the men were showered with glass all the same, a reminder that the fortified city that for years has offered troops a respite from combat has come into range for the Kremlin’s artillery and air strikes.
—
Bloomberg News,
Boston Herald,
27 June 2026
So as the team made its way up the Canyon of Heroes Thursday morning, it was showered instead with shredded office paper and blue and orange confetti.
—
Jean E. Palmieri,
Footwear News,
18 June 2026
For example, French Marshal Henri Petain was showered with ticker tape in 1931 and later convicted of treason for heading the Vichy government that collaborated with the Nazis during World War II.
—
Jennifer Peltz,
Fortune,
17 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for showered
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Local 150’s president chairs political committees that have poured money into the campaign of Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias, a likely 2027 mayoral challenger.
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Long before venture capital poured money into AI, decades of federal research also helped build the computing and machine-learning advances that made these systems possible.
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Almost daily long-range attacks on Russian oil facilities have created a fuel crisis and heaped political pressure on the Kremlin as its all-out invasion of Ukraine stretches into its fifth year.
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Almost daily long-range attacks on Russian oil facilities have created a fuel crisis and heaped political pressure on the Kremlin as its all-out invasion of Ukraine stretches into its fifth year.
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Likewise, Wong’s bricks are beyond compare in the attention lavished on each individual building block.
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An obvious contributor, also cited by Powell, is the king’s ransom being lavished on AI data centers, projected to reach almost $1 trillion this year, multiples of the number three years ago.
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“Showered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/showered. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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