rainmaking

Example Sentences

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The same isn’t true at the top end, where star trial lawyers, rainmaking corporate dealmakers, and veterans of Supreme Court oral arguments are driving more aggressively on pay than ever and meeting little resistance.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 19, 2026

They know that there is the possibility that other law firms will try to steal their clients, steal their rainmaking partners while that litigation is going on.

From Slate • May 27, 2025

The ridge of high pressure will keep conditions dry and skies mostly clear into Thursday before the next rainmaking system rolls in late Friday.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 6, 2024

Trying to control the weather is nothing new: People once performed rainmaking dances and offered sacrifices in the hopes that the gods would end droughts.

From Salon • Oct. 10, 2020

“Who do they have who knows anything about rainmaking and computer weather models?”

From "City Spies" by James Ponti