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as in flood
a great flow of water or of something that overwhelms
in spring the melting snows usually produce a cataract that inundates the valley
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Moss Rock Preserve in Hoover offers 349 acres complete with waterfalls, large rock outcroppings, and miles of trails.—
Tara Massouleh McCay,
Southern Living,
20 Apr. 2025 -
Iguaçu Falls is home to one of the tallest waterfalls in the world at more than 250 feet high, and provides a towering barrier between the two nations.—
Irene Wright,
Miami Herald,
14 Apr. 2025
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Constructed in the later half of the 19th century, the building has weathered fire, flood, abandonment—and even ghosts.—
Valerie Fraser Luesse,
Southern Living,
21 Apr. 2025
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For more than four decades, the state of the climate has been part of the national conversation—especially when severe weather events linked to a warming world such as droughts, floods, heat waves, and hurricanes occur.—
Jeffrey Kluger,
Time,
21 Apr. 2025
Noun
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That sort of insight can happen at any point along the cascade.—
Dev Patnaik,
Forbes.com,
14 Apr. 2025
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As the belt lurches forward, mounds of old polyester shirts, sports jerseys, socks and other items cascade into a machine that will begin the process of converting them into new Repreve yarns.—
Jennifer Bringle,
Sourcing Journal,
11 Apr. 2025
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Campos Mello broke a series of stories about businessmen who were financing a torrent of WhatsApp messages that denigrated Haddad.—
Jon Lee Anderson,
New Yorker,
7 Apr. 2025
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Hub’s new gig unleashes a torrent of comically exaggerated gore and populates his world with even more colorful characters.—
Alison Herman,
Variety,
3 Apr. 2025
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“Cataract.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cataract. Accessed 25 Apr. 2025.
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