overcast
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On overcast days, when the sun was hidden, pigeons that lacked the macrophages lost their sense of direction and had difficulty navigating home.
From Science Daily • May 31, 2026
The discourse is civil and the banter is friendly on this humid, overcast morning before Trump's visit, but such across-the-aisle political discussions are few and far between, residents say.
From BBC • May 1, 2026
The midday sun has only just begun to peek through the overcast sky.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 27, 2026
But what sticks with us is the color: Despite the overcast sky, the mustard yellow and burnt orange of the boys’ shirt and sweater pop from the printed page.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 9, 2026
There should have been a quarter moon, for what that’s worth, but the sky was overcast, and we were blind until the prison bus turned up with its headlights blazing.
From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein
Vocabulary lists containing overcast
"Marriage is a Private Affair" by Chinua Achebe
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4.1: Causes and Consequences of Iberian Maritime Exploration and Colonialism (Sources 1–12)
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