damp
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When conditions are cold and potentially damp, the balls are heavier and slower.
From BBC • May 26, 2026
This means there isn’t going to be a flood of oil supply to damp prices.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 12, 2026
Jill Rutter, former British civil servant and senior research fellow of the think tank UK in a Changing Europe, described his comments as "a damp squib".
From BBC • May 11, 2026
Kanchan Narayan, 44, uses a damp cloth-wrapped bottle hung on a string, cooling the drinking water inside via evaporation.
From Barron's • May 10, 2026
Then I caught a whiff of one of my undershirts, damp and stained yellow from sweat, and I began to cough.
From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan
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Vocabulary from Readings 4, Unit 1
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"Boar Out There" by Cynthia Rylant
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Vocabulary from Readings 4, Unit 1
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