as in saturated
containing, covered with, or thoroughly penetrated by water
a heavily watered lawn
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as in wetted
to make wet
watered the plants
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Amy Bradford, Architectural Digest, 30 Sep. 2024
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They are watered by 50 reservoirs on which the names of the victims are engraved.
—Amy Bradford, Architectural Digest, 30 Sep. 2024
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To reduce saturated fat, avoid full-fat dairy and butter when cooking your oatmeal.Karina Tolentino, Verywell Health, 4 Nov. 2024
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Both offer neutral, nicely saturated colors and notably good contrast in both dark and light scenes.PCMAG, PCMAG, 27 Oct. 2024
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The iRobot Roomba Combo j7+ is a versatile robot vacuum and mop that effectively cleans a variety of surfaces without wetting carpets, thanks to its retractable mop.Shubham Yewale, PCMAG, 12 Nov. 2024
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Yes How to use: After dampening the face and applying cleanser, wet the Foreo device and turn it on using the universal button.Jenny Berg, Vogue, 8 Sep. 2024
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Michael, Nora and Micah all drowned, according to the family.Wendy Grossman Kantor, People.com, 2 Oct. 2024
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The body of a man who drowned at Ashurst Lake near Flagstaff over the weekend was found Monday.Lauren De Young, The Arizona Republic, 2 Oct. 2024
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This year's summer winds washed thousands of plastic pellets ashore near Colombo, Sri Lanka, three years after a massive fire aboard the X-Press Pearl burned for days and sank the vessel a few miles offshore.CBS News, CBS News, 3 Oct. 2024
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Only rarely would baked goods or other food items containing washed poppy seeds trigger positive drug tests, doctors who have studied the issue said.David Hilzenrath, CNN, 3 Oct. 2024
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Chief among them are efforts to train crews to identify and treat an overdose and a push to saturate fleets with naloxone, the opioid antagonist, commonly administered as a nasal spray under the trade name Narcan, that can reverse overdoses and retrieve a fading patient from a mortal slide.C.J. Chivers James Patrick Cronin Elena Hecht Anna Diamond Quinton Kamara, New York Times, 6 June 2024
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To give the vinegar a longer working time, saturate paper towels and press them against the glass like wallpaper.Jeanne Huber, Washington Post, 1 Mar. 2024
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In their last moments on the phone last Friday, Alonso described the moment panic set in for Andrade as water flooded the streets.Ashley R. Williams, CNN, 4 Oct. 2024
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Since the last war between Hezbollah and Israel, in 2006, the group flooded once-impoverished Shia communities across Lebanon with investment.Ruth Michaelson / Beirut, TIME, 4 Oct. 2024
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“Watered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/watered. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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