rainwater
Example Sentences
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Store your wheelbarrow inside your shed so rainwater can’t collect.
From Slate ● Aug. 4, 2026
That is because parched, rock-hard ground may struggle to absorb water at first, so some rainwater may simply run off the surface instead.
From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026
At the same time, groundwater and rainwater that seep underground must be collected and pumped back to the surface.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 6, 2026
Among those technologies is direct air capture—in which carbon is absorbed from the atmosphere, enhanced rock weathering where rocks like basalt are spread over farm fields to capture dissolved carbon in rainwater.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 17, 2026
Petra said, and guzzled from the half shell of fresh rainwater.
From "Beauty Queens" by Libba Bray
