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Synonyms for floodgates
flood·gates
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How to use floodgates in a sentence?
I hope [' Crazy Rich Asians' ] opens the floodgates for other people of color, for Latinos, for the LGBTQ community to be able to tell our own stories, people are yearning for these stories, they are thirsty for these stories and these stories have value.
In addition to the reasons we have already laid out, including he's not a danger or a risk of flight, he is a prime candidate for other inmates to abuse to get jail cred, i fear this is going to open the floodgates.
This illegal $ 1.3 million contribution is unmistakable proof that Citizens United v. FEC opened the floodgates to foreign money in the U.S., and it is surely the tip of the iceberg, the fact that the FEC, which so often deadlocks and therefore fails to act in violations, could agree on this one highlights the very real danger this sort of activity poses to Jeb Bush democracy.
It was quick, once everything got reversed by the swipe of a pen, the floodgates were opened.
This may be the end for Mr. Cosby but this victory is just the beginning for many of us, to fight for justice, to do the right thing and support every person who has ever been shamed and humiliated and blamed, may this verdict open the floodgates to those who have been hiding their shame for far too long and give them the courage to come forward.
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