as in saturated
containing, covered with, or thoroughly penetrated by water
covered the victim's burns with bathed bandages
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as in drowned
to make wet
bathe your contact lens with the solution before inserting them
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as in illumined
to supply with light
the walls of the canyon were bathed with the warm rays of the setting sun
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Recent Examples of bathed
Andy Battaglia,
ARTnews.com,
18 June 2026
Experts’ pessimistic forecasts are combining with reports from frustrated jobless young people around the country to form a seasonal outlook far from bathed in sunshine.
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ABC News,
18 June 2026
That night, the northern lights gleamed cold and hard, and the moon bathed the whole landscape in bleak, eerie light.
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Dolores Brown,
Outdoor Life,
17 June 2026
The air was freezing, and the town was bathed in the crisp Arctic light of a late-winter sun.
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Ben Taub,
New Yorker,
15 June 2026
Spend a few hours, or even all day, soaking in tubs where Mark Twain and Jack London bathed and exploring the grounds, which include a sweet little bridge over a babbling river and hundreds of hikeable acres.
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Alissa Greenberg,
Mercury News,
15 June 2026
The streets of New York will be bathed in blue and orange as the city hosts a ticker-tape parade Thursday — the first in Knicks history —to celebrate the team’s NBA Championship win.
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John Annese,
New York Daily News,
14 June 2026
Choristers from the oldest choir in Europe sang as the basilica was bathed in color by a light show and fireworks.
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Christopher Lamb,
CNN Money,
13 June 2026
This is almost certainly one of the few times this millennium that the light of day has bathed these pieces.
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Caity Weaver,
The Atlantic,
12 June 2026
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The two Harpa shows were especially spellbinding, especially an ensemble performance of music from her recent album Where to From, bathed in otherworldly illumination by lighting designer Theresa Baumgartner.
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Andy Battaglia,
ARTnews.com,
18 June 2026
Experts’ pessimistic forecasts are combining with reports from frustrated jobless young people around the country to form a seasonal outlook far from bathed in sunshine.
—
ABC News,
18 June 2026
That night, the northern lights gleamed cold and hard, and the moon bathed the whole landscape in bleak, eerie light.
—
Dolores Brown,
Outdoor Life,
17 June 2026
The air was freezing, and the town was bathed in the crisp Arctic light of a late-winter sun.
—
Ben Taub,
New Yorker,
15 June 2026
Spend a few hours, or even all day, soaking in tubs where Mark Twain and Jack London bathed and exploring the grounds, which include a sweet little bridge over a babbling river and hundreds of hikeable acres.
—
Alissa Greenberg,
Mercury News,
15 June 2026
The streets of New York will be bathed in blue and orange as the city hosts a ticker-tape parade Thursday — the first in Knicks history —to celebrate the team’s NBA Championship win.
—
John Annese,
New York Daily News,
14 June 2026
Choristers from the oldest choir in Europe sang as the basilica was bathed in color by a light show and fireworks.
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Christopher Lamb,
CNN Money,
13 June 2026
This is almost certainly one of the few times this millennium that the light of day has bathed these pieces.
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Caity Weaver,
The Atlantic,
12 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bathed
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System1's Spike Rating, an industry measure of emotional intensity paired with speed of brand recognition, credits the film among the top 15% of effective ads in Brazil, inside one of the country's most saturated ad categories.
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Both butter and margarine have a combination of saturated and unsaturated fatty acids.
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But the rhenium that was bound to the organic carbon gets washed through rivers into the ocean, where it is incorporated into new seabed sediments.
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In it, teenage best friends, Claire and Hailey (Levesque), discover a sassy mermaid named Aquamarine washed ashore after a storm.
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In the Stockyards, more than 5,000 head of livestock had drowned.
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Anne Arundel County fire officials are urging families to review pool safety after two young children drowned in separate residential pools last weekend.
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Fantastic, illumined by periodic excursions into surrealism, as when the crew of a mysterious UFO boards a transpacific Kahuna Airlines jet midflight.
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The piece featured a plunging neckline, dripping pearls, and tiny purple ribbons throughout.
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The equivalent of promising your family a weekend away at an all-inclusive resort, and instead ending up at a dirty road-side motel with creaky beds and dripping faucets.
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Kyron flashed a wide, toothy grin toward a camera capturing the moment – an image that would soon be splashed on missing child posters and nightly newscasts across the country.
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Paris, Copenhagen, New York, and Los Angeles are awash in the nostalgic pattern right now, where it’s splashed over capri leggings, event dresses, and everything in between.
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The father, Marquise Anderson, said Joanna wet the bed on two occasions on a night in February at the house in the 1900 block of Daniel Street.
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Considerations Before Getting Started Before cleaning your sidewalks, gather some basic safety equipment such as gloves and eye protection, and protect plants and grass bordering your sidewalk from bleach and cleaners by wetting them down and covering them with plastic sheeting or old towels.
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Just off the living room, a deck provides outdoor space and is illuminated by three overhead fixtures after dark.
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Crafted in rose gold, the lace-like design is illuminated by 18 fancy rose-cut diamonds and required approximately 1,450 hours to complete.
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