washed (over)

verb

past tense of wash (over)
as in ran over

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  1. ran over
  2. flushed
  3. flooded
  4. flowed
  5. engulfed
  6. inundated
  7. overwhelmed
  8. gushed
Verb
  • The Dodge ran over a stop sign, reversed into a tree and traveled up a front yard before coming to a stop, the statement said.
    — Caroline Zimmerman, Kansas City Star, 7 July 2026
  • The running back ran over 11,000 total offensive yards in his NFL career, before retiring in 2017.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 29 June 2026
Definition of ran over
Verb
  • Being patient gives the enzymes time to break the bond between the stain and the fibers, so the stain can be flushed away during the laundry cycle.
    — Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 5 July 2026
  • Suárez’s cross sailed into the box and landed right at the feet of John Arias, who then flushed it past the Ghana goalkeeper for the early goal.
    — Jacob Lev, CNN Money, 3 July 2026
Definition of flushed
Verb
  • Through the risk of lightning, sticky humidity and a winding line filled with thousands of chanting fans, Argentine fans flooded Bayfront Park with a sea of blue jerseys.
    — Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 4 July 2026
  • Social media was flooded with images and footage of guests making the pilgrimage to MSG.
    — Zoe Sottile, CNN Money, 4 July 2026
Definition of flooded
Verb
  • Iran’s bargaining chip Authorities in Iran have repeatedly used the Strait of Hormuz – through which around a fifth of the world’s crude flowed before the war – as a bargaining chip.
    — Lex Harvey, CNN Money, 7 July 2026
  • Still, by the end of the concert, a soggy yet determined crowd of 4,750 had flowed through the park grounds.
    — Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune, 5 July 2026
Definition of flowed
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  • With no energy available to warm the planet to these temperatures, the team reasoned that the temperature must be a residual effect of prior warming either from being engulfed by the red giant or during an inward migration.
    — Robert Lea, Space.com, 2 July 2026
  • Polls show Democrats are the favorites to retake Congress heading into November, but the party is engulfed at the moment by a fierce debate about its ideologicl direction.
    — Phillip M. Bailey, USA Today, 1 July 2026
Definition of engulfed
Verb
  • The field is inundated with a full panorama of bright, bold colors, with hot pink being particularly popular.
    — Mack DeGeurin, Popular Science, 2 July 2026
  • Multiple levee breaches inundated the entire Lower Ninth Ward during the storm, killing many and damaging or destroying thousands of homes.
    — Marshall Shepherd, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026
Definition of inundated
Verb
  • But the ownership group is overwhelmed by left-wing politics.
    — Ian Miller OutKick, FOXNews.com, 2 July 2026
  • Tipu’s kingdom finally fell in 1799, when British and allied forces overwhelmed his fortress at Seringapatam, a few hours’ drive from present-day Bangalore.
    — Ishaan Tharoor, New Yorker, 2 July 2026
Definition of overwhelmed
Verb
  • Despite this, Skilling continues to speak at events across the Chicagoland, posts about local weather on Facebook and even makes occasional appearances on WGN to discuss severe weather events, as some Chicago Reddit users gushed in recent weeks.
    — Hannah Hudnall, USA Today, 26 June 2026
  • Meanwhile, George and Claire Kittle gushed some more about Kelce and Swift, according to Page Six.
    — Martha Ross, Mercury News, 24 June 2026
Definition of gushed
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