washes (over)

verb

present tense third-person singular of wash (over)
as in flows

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  1. flows
  2. runs over
  3. streams
  4. flushes
  5. floods
  6. gushes
  7. spurts
  8. inundates
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  • That visibility shapes where capital flows, which problems get prioritized, and how quickly innovations find their way into practice.
    — Jamil Wyne, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026
  • Today's stock-market market conversation is dominated by structural dynamics, index machinations and mechanical flows the way World Cup chatter fixates on officiating decisions and bracket construction.
    — Michael Santoli, CNBC, 7 July 2026
Definition of flows
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  • Meyer goes for five after All-Star news Pitcher Max Meyer got the start for Miami, allowing four hits and two runs over five innings.
    — Tyler M. Carmona, Miami Herald, 8 July 2026
  • After Hunter Brown allowed a season-high seven runs over four innings, Houston’s bullpen combined to hold the Rays to a run over the final innings, with Josh Hader (3-0) earning the win.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 4 July 2026
Definition of runs over
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  • Instead of asking whether existing programs are delivering results, Congress piles new spending and new funding streams onto an already fragmented system.
    — Andy Harris, Baltimore Sun, 4 July 2026
  • The company launched Fox News and weather products, and subscription service Fox One, which streams the company’s sports and news.
    — Meg James, Los Angeles Times, 2 July 2026
Definition of streams
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  • Scanlon flushes out Daniel by holding his girlfriend Jane (Eve Hewson) hostage.
    — Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 13 June 2026
  • This process flushes out toxic metabolic byproducts, including amyloid-beta.
    — Julian Hayes II, Forbes.com, 27 May 2026
Definition of flushes
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  • This is the essence of GPS spoofing, in which an attacker floods a GPS receiver with deceptive signals.
    — Zita Ballinger Fletcher, Forbes.com, 23 June 2026
  • Melatonin floods the brain and body, telling each cell that night has come.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 17 June 2026
Definition of floods
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  • Trump has made clear his disdain for NATO, his affection for Putin, gushes over autocrats, and withholds military support for Ukraine.
    — Arthur House, Hartford Courant, 15 June 2026
  • Your journey ends at Millard Canyon Falls, a gorgeous 50(ish)-foot waterfall that gushes past massive boulders perched at the top of the cascade.
    — Jaclyn Cosgrove, Los Angeles Times, 4 June 2026
Definition of gushes
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  • Blood spurts against the window.
    — Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 27 Feb. 2026
Definition of spurts
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  • That’s when someone inundates you with affectionate words and gestures early on to build influence.
    — Kathy and Ross Petrass, CNBC, 24 Apr. 2026
  • As Polymarket inundates millions of timelines with newsy statements, the efficacy of each announcement can be hard to parse.
    — Joe Wilkins, Futurism, 5 Mar. 2026
Definition of inundates
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