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[rayn] / reɪn /




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Next week looks more unsettled with stronger winds and rain at times.

From BBC ● Nov. 12, 2026

Torrential rain on Saturday reportedly flooded tens of thousands of tents across Gaza, leaving many Palestinians without a dry place to sleep.

From BBC ● Nov. 9, 2026

“Some years, we have a hard time getting any rain at all,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 9, 2026

Data centres "use a lot of water," the retiree told AFP, adding that, as in Batam, "if the rain doesn't come for one month, we all feel it".

From Barron's ● Nov. 8, 2026

But then, after a little bit of rain, the clouds cleared and brilliant green valleys spread before them, dotted by tiny houses.

From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova

Bulldozers and excavators raised dust that seeps into houses while rains washed cyanide used to extract the precious metal into rivers, locals and environmental activists told AFP.

From Barron's ● Nov. 12, 2026

Tucked out of sight is a photo of her sister Beatrice Khalayi, 58, who died when intense rains caused widespread destruction in Kibera.

From BBC ● Nov. 11, 2026

Their embryos can stop developing and remain dormant in damp mud, resuming development when seasonal rains refill the pools.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 8, 2026

Scientists warn that November and December’s tides will strengthen again, culminating not only in rough, high seas but also heavy expected rains from El Niño.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2026

I like when it rains in New York.

From Absolutely Almost by Lisa Graff

“It rained one of the first nights we slept in the house,” Kelsey says.

From Slate ● Oct. 28, 2026

Noodles’ peers in the punk scene rained love and support down on the guitarist in the comments section of the band’s Instagram post.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026

It had rained earlier but the sun broke through in time for pictures.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

"It rained all night, but we stayed put till the choppers came for us," he added.

From Barron's ● Aug. 27, 2026

This was the first day all summer it had rained hard enough to stop work.

From "Lawn Boy" by Gary Paulsen

Nvidia is raining on what just a day ago was a tech-stock parade.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 12, 2026

He said it was raining too hard to capture what he called a cyclone.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026

"Now it is raining and the tent leaks, so we've been facing a difficult situation. We have nowhere to go," said Ramesh Ghale, who also had to flee his home.

From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026

It was raining, and there were no customers.

From Slate ● Aug. 14, 2026

“Dreaming of huge meatballs raining down from the sky as he runs after squirrels in your forest,” Byrd says.

From "A Bird Will Soar" by Alison Green Myers


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