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cloud

[klaud] / klaʊd /






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Forecasters warned that heavy rain was about to drench the event's closing ceremony -- only to realise the radar had picked up a cloud of Bogongs.

From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026

That could bring some elevated humidity and a small chance of thunderstorms and cloud coverage in mountainous areas, but not enough to significantly lower temperatures across the region.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

The rain is likely to turn patchier later in the night with a few cloud breaks likely to develop.

From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026

Monthly use is expected to continue to grow as streaming, gaming, video calls, cloud services and artificial intelligence become a bigger part of everyday life.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026

Rin was somewhere there below, but the cloud hid it from view.

From "Rowan of Rin" by Emily Rodda

There is also the phenomenon of pareidolia, the tendency to see images of animals, religious figures and other beings in clouds or pieces of toast.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

In satellite images nor'easters can look strikingly like a hurricane, with spiraling clouds forming over the ocean that span hundreds of miles of coastline.

From Barron's ● Sep. 27, 2026

As Polo reaches Mexico, Southern California will probably see some unusual clouds and a few showers, Ralph said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2026

Over time, those particles can combine and grow until they become large enough to help seed clouds.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 26, 2026

“Did you know the sky picks up water from the ocean and stores it inside clouds and then it comes out as rain?”

From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison

But for U.S. consumers and the Federal Reserve, it’s one more problem in an inflation picture already clouded by rising oil prices.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 13, 2026

India’s economy maintained a solid pace of growth in the April-June quarter, showing resilience even as the Middle East conflict clouded the outlook.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026

Still, her transformation of Parton’s clouded sunshine into a feral ache is stunning.

From Salon ● Aug. 29, 2026

Anderson, who plays Win, and Jason Isaac, who plays Moth, have spoken about the controversy that clouded its UK release for the first time.

From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026

I dropped down and immediately started pulling at the clouded plastic.

From "Fast Pitch" by Nic Stone

But inside the brain trusts of Silicon Valley, billions of investor dollars and years of tortured rationalist arguments are clouding a similar argument about artificial intelligence.

From Salon ● Sep. 12, 2026

Ash from the eruptions has been clouding the skies over eastern Sicily and has disrupted hundreds of flights at Catania International Airport in the past week.

From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026

So-called panic scams can work by triggering stress responses that shift victims into fight-or-flight, clouding rational thought, according to cybersecurity experts.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026

Or am I just so taken with this show, a series I myself came to late, that my enthusiasm is clouding my judgment?

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 7, 2026

The past and the future are clouding together, and I don't know what's real.

From "What the Night Sings" by Vesper Stamper




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