Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for wash (over)
Verb
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The most amazing aspect of Newton’s play is her willingness to get run over.—
Matt Le Cren,
Chicago Tribune,
7 Feb. 2025 -
He’s worked behind-the-scenes with both sides numerous times in the past for similar situations, with recent events like the Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 tournament run over the streaming platform Parsec in 2020 and the Twitch Rivals Marvel vs. Capcom 2 tournament in October 2024.—
Jason Fanelli,
Rolling Stone,
1 Feb. 2025
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No one had a gathering space that felt comfortable that ideas could flow in and would represent us as a team.—
Sydney Gore,
Architectural Digest,
6 Feb. 2025
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So much sewage flowed uncollected that none of the systems could not keep up with the level of groundwater contamination.—
Claudine Ebeid,
The Atlantic,
6 Feb. 2025
Verb
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The Valley season 1 is available to stream on Peacock.—
Charna Flam,
People.com,
7 Feb. 2025
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Netflix, which had planned to stream the Ezra Edelman directed project, released a statement Thursday, along with the estate for the late singer, that the project would not be moving forward.—
Lisa Respers France,
CNN,
7 Feb. 2025
Verb
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The American Kennel Club (AKC) previously explained that some breeds are great with locating prey, some can flush it out for you, and others are better at retrieving it.—
Justin Gest,
Newsweek,
11 Feb. 2025
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At the end, a flushing lock will send any remaining larval fish and eggs back downstream.—
Adriana Pérez,
Chicago Tribune,
10 Feb. 2025
Verb
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The beauty of this device is its hard-working design, which disperses any essential oil of your choosing through the air while spurting a continuous mist of moisturizing vapor in the air.—
Sarah Madaus,
Allure,
13 Jan. 2025
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Third quarter spurt, but Sixers respond The Kings moved to a zone defense early in the third quarter that seemed to flummox Philadelphia.—
Chris Biderman,
Sacramento Bee,
30 Jan. 2025
Verb
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Virgen Viera was scanning her phone for updates about the crash when photos and videos began flooding social media.—
Alaa Elassar,
CNN,
9 Feb. 2025
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The massive hole in the house left the basement flooded and destroyed.—
Brad Biggs,
Chicago Tribune,
9 Feb. 2025
Verb
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Friday’s development is just the latest twist in a complicated, layered, yearslong corruption scandal that has engulfed Alameda County, its county seat, Oakland, and led to the ousting of its mayor and a district attorney.—
Barnini Chakraborty,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
7 Feb. 2025
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In the weeks following the outbreak of the Eaton and Palisades Fires, the conflagrations engulfed neighborhoods, forested canyons and chaparral—a type of shrubland.—
Anton Sorokin,
Smithsonian Magazine,
5 Feb. 2025
Verb
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On Tuesday, a subreddit for federal employees was inundated with comments from people discussing the email.—
Zoë Schiffer,
WIRED,
29 Jan. 2025
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In the winter of 2020, Jackson was inundated with a record amount of rainfall, which the sewage system could not withstand.—
Catherine Coleman Flowers,
TIME,
28 Jan. 2025
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“Wash (over).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wash%20%28over%29. Accessed 18 Feb. 2025.
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