rainwater

Example Sentences

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He avoids bottled water due to microplastics and has set up an elaborate system to catch rainwater from the house roof.

From Slate • Mar. 30, 2026

Stroud Brewery is organic, so it does not use pesticides or herbicides, and uses harvested rainwater to flush its toilets.

From BBC • Mar. 3, 2026

Almost two miles east, a block of businesses in the Fairfax District, along Melrose Avenue near Martel Avenue, reported rainwater rising from the flooded sidewalk and seeping into their storefronts.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 17, 2026

These included data from Arctic ice-cores and rainwater samples collected around the world.

From Science Daily • Feb. 6, 2026

She runs a hand along the iron cauldron and most of the rainwater within it turns to steam, rising in a soft cloud that dissipates into the fog.

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern