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monsoon

[mon-soon] / mɒnˈsun /






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They were punished in Rome's monsoon despite getting to within a score of Italy, and then got themselves out of jail at the end in Cardiff.

From BBC • Mar. 3, 2026

Unusually intense monsoon rains pummelled parts of South and Southeast Asia in November and December, triggering landslides and floods from Indonesia's rainforests to highland plantations in Sri Lanka.

From Barron's • Feb. 25, 2026

We set off during the blissfully uncrowded and surprisingly appealing monsoon season in August.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 28, 2026

Dr. Pepin pointed to events in Pakistan this summer, when intense monsoon storms combined with extreme mountain rainfall.

From Science Daily • Jan. 21, 2026

The summer of 2010 brought torrential rains—a monsoon that flooded the valley, sweeping away everything in its wake.

From "Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World" by Malala Yousafzai




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