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

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

From Science Daily • Feb. 6, 2026

Touadera has pointed to his record on improving the security situation, paved roads, public lighting installed on major avenues and renovated rainwater drainage canals in the capital.

From Barron's • Dec. 28, 2025

Water to fight fires from a pool or from rainwater stored in tanks or a cistern.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 17, 2025

“I’m going up. If that thing breathes fire at us it will be like rainwater down a gully.”

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss