Nick Davies

Once, the world was full of mysteries, some of them frightening, some of them wonderful, some of them merely fascinating. Now, it can be a banal and predictable place, the tracks of daily life so well-beaten and defined, our culture awash with the imbecile obvious, our existence suffocating in safety. But mysteries remain.

British Journalist

Tom Reiss

Today, the world is so awash in sugar - it is such a staple of the modern diet, associated with all that is cheap and unhealthy - that it's hard to believe things were once exactly the opposite. The West Indies were colonized in a world where sugar was seen as a scarce, luxurious, and profoundly health-giving substance.

American Author

Clayton M. Christensen

Empowering innovations require long-term investments, which tie up capital for years and years. So companies are using capital to create more capital, and consequently, the world is awash in capital, but the innovations we need to advance aren't there.

Kurt Eichenwald

The argument by the anti-gay-marriage crowd is so absurd, so internally contradictory, and so awash in unproven assertions that it is difficult to take it as anything more than a construct cobbled together by people who just don't like those people.

American Editor

Michael Moore

Contrary to what those in power would like you to believe so that you'll give up your pension, cut your wages, and settle for the life your great-grandparents had, America is not broke. Not by a long shot. The country is awash in wealth and cash.

American Activist

Alison Moyet

My strength as a singer is my versatility. I find it really frustrating when I'm only expected to show off. The music industry is awash with female acrobats. What happens to the song, and treating it for its sake and not as an ego example?

British Musician

Hallie Ephron

Our house was awash in books, and my mother doled out her favorites like they were special treats - which they were.

American Novelist

Michael Douglas

There are not a lot of sons or daughters of actors who have made it. Hollywood is awash with failures.

American Actor

Max Levchin

The world is now awash in data and we can see consumers in a lot clearer ways.

Ukrainian Businessman

Richard Morris

Ironically, we live in times that are awash in authentic sacred music.

English Clergyman

Use 'awash' to describe places overflowing with people, emotions, colors, or lights.

Common Contexts

'Awash' can imply an overwhelming or excessive presence of something.

Figurative Use

Although often used for negative aspects, 'awash' can also reflect abundance in positive contexts.

Not Just Negative

In environmental contexts, 'awash' conjures images of places submerged or drenched.

Water Imagery

'Awash' is often used to describe the effects of floods and heavy rainfall.

Natural Disasters

Use 'awash' when pointing to a large amount of something typically unwelcome.

Undesirable Overflow

'Awash' can emphasize the intensity or pervasiveness of certain issues or conditions.

Intensity Emphasis

It's used to comment on prevalent social issues within a community or society.

Social Conditions

 I didn't think about that much at the time, and it wasn't until the next three fatal shark attacks happened, and it caused me to think, maybe there's some merit to this idea. And I turned to the web to see if there might be some clues. And it turns out the web is awash with this sort of evidence that supports

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 by taking over the role that notation had always played, shifted the balance within music between instinct and intelligence way over to the instinctive side. The culture in which we live now is awash with music of improvisation that's been sliced, diced, layered

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 particularly powerful weapon snow reflects ultraviolet light so although we can't see it this is a world awash with UV more importantly for the caribou and I think that doesn't reflect UV like wool fur stands out against the

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 picture manila the sprawling capital of the philippines and the center of a violent government crackdown on the drug trade the city is awash with crime scenes neighbors come out of their homes to

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 in a changing ocean in fact this is of just an example of a place near Coco's it's a world heritage area it's a hope spot it is a place that is now awash in

What type of world do we...

 We could see just a tiny fraction of what the parasite really looked like. Today, we are awash with technology, advanced imaging and omics platforms --

The key to a better...

 awash in hormones and chemicals. The stomach is under constant attack by digestive enzymes, bile, proteins, microbes, and the stomach's own acid.

The surprising cause of...

 while reefs that were replanted a year ago are already starting to bloom in a few more years this area should be awash with fish

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 The world is awash with divisive arguments, conflict, fake news, victimhood,

Awash

Covered or filled with a lot of something.

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Covered or full of water.

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Having a noticeable amount of something, often something undesirable or harmful.

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