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Meanwhile, record rainfall and floods have deluged South Korea, Japan, India and Pakistan.

From Reuters • Jul. 27, 2023

Their deaths added to a toll of at least 164, with 100 reported missing, on the country’s western coast, where heavy rains have deluged entire towns and villages.

From New York Times • Jul. 26, 2021

Such rains in recent weeks have deluged the Great Lakes region, the Deep South and the suburbs of major cities along the Atlantic coast.

From Washington Post • Jun. 24, 2018

Suburban Chicago residents have deluged the railroad and regulatory agencies with complaints about increased freight traffic causing delays and threatening safety at railroad crossings.

From Chicago Tribune • Feb. 13, 2012

Oh, I think, instead of water, I have deluged you with wine.

From The Trumpeter of Säkkingen A Song from the Upper Rhine. by Scheffel, Joseph Victor von