Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for wash (over)
Verb
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Buehler allowed four runs over a listless four-inning performance, and the offense squandered several key scoring chances late.—
Mac Cerullo,
Hartford Courant,
29 June 2025 -
The speed: With a top speed that matches most residential speed limits, no longer am I in constant fear of being run over from behind.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
28 June 2025
Verb
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Both the Sai and the Kok rivers flow into the Mekong, as does the Ruak, where unsafe levels of arsenic have also been found.—
Michael Sullivan,
NPR,
12 July 2025
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The death toll has rose to over 120 people killed since heavy rainfall overwhelmed the Guadalupe River and flowed through homes and summer camps in the early morning hours of July 4.—
Jay Stahl,
USA Today,
12 July 2025
Verb
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As of July 1, officers in Detroit continue to search for the gunman following the double-fatal shooting Friday, June 27, at Skinner Park, police said in a news briefing streamed by WXYZ.—
Mike Stunson,
Kansas City Star,
1 July 2025
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The hour will be available everywhere comedy is streamed or sold starting on July 29.—
Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
30 June 2025
Verb
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For the event, held inside the Four Seasons Hotel, Vergara flushed her cheeks with a color cross between a guava and a peach.—
Kaleigh Werner,
Footwear News,
3 July 2025
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Tipp's reactions to new triggers included throat closing, tongue swelling, flushing, itching, vomiting, diarrhea, brain fog, bone pain, headaches and extreme stomach pain.—
Wendy Grossman Kantor,
People.com,
3 July 2025
Verb
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He’s cooled off a bit since then, but spurts like that don’t happen by accident.—
Tony Blengino,
Forbes.com,
16 May 2025
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Some of Monday’s strongest action was in the oil market, where the price of crude spurted more than 3%.—
Stan Choe,
Los Angeles Times,
2 June 2025
Verb
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Friends and family flooded the comments with words of sympathy and cherished memories of Page.—
Ryan Coleman,
EW.com,
1 July 2025
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Streets became rivers that coursed down Asheville’s sloped streets, taking down trees and flooding everything in their path.—
Sofia Perez,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2025
Verb
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More than one-third of Tuvalu’s population is seeking to move to Australia under a new climate visa program, as their own nation is at great risk of being engulfed by the sea.—
Sara Hashemi,
Smithsonian Magazine,
30 June 2025
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By this point, Robbie is presumed dead, seemingly engulfed by a fireball after joining up with the military.—
Richard Edwards,
Space.com,
29 June 2025
Verb
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Leaders in Kerr County, where searchers have found 87 bodies, said their first priority is recovering victims, not reviewing what happened in the hours before the flash floods inundated the state’s Hill Country.—
Nadia Lathan,
Los Angeles Times,
8 July 2025
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But search crews continued to survey miles of the Guadalupe River in the hope of locating others who may have been lost in the floods that inundated Kerr County, Baker told reporters.—
July 8,
CBS News,
8 July 2025
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“Wash (over).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wash%20%28over%29. Accessed 15 Jul. 2025.
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