deluge
noun
a great flood of water; inundation; flood.
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
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Undoubtedly stimulated by the movie Close Encounters of the Third Kind, UFO freaks have been deluging the White House with mail.
From Time Magazine Archive
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