rain
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Parts of Mexico could also see gusty winds and heavy rain as the storm moves northwards and eastwards.
From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026
Throughout the crucial weeks of June and July, there was no rain at all.
From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026
Production losses could be offset on the demand side by cooling wind and rain and possible shut-in LNG production, he adds.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026
How Ukrainians are trying to keep life ordinary as drones and missiles rain down.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026
The storm had left everything sopping wet, but there wasn’t a rain cloud in the sky.
From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls
"Hopefully the reserve in the pond will last until it rains but because it hasn't rained in so long, this is desperate measures," he said.
From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026
But as the water rains down, the sound and lighting shift with the action into more of a movement piece.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026
“Cooling rains in Texas may create more physical market weakness, and Week 3 warming is lowering projected heating demand,” says EBW Analytics in a note.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026
Heavy rains have killed eight people in Thailand since mid-September, the government said Monday as Bangkok battled flooding for a fourth consecutive day, with at least eight more confirmed dead in neighbouring Myanmar.
From Barron's ● Sep. 28, 2026
Our cabin is always smoky—it doesn’t even have any windows—and it has begun to leak in heavy rains, but it is still a lot better than a rotting tent.
From "Blood on the River" by Elisa Carbone
At Achnagart in Highland, it has rained for the past 27 days.
From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026
In the past, Scottish cricket teams might travel 100 miles or more to find someone to play against, only for the game to be rained out.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — The first day all the members of the Women’s Professional Baseball League were at the same field, it rained.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026
If you cannot remember the last time it rained, you are probably not alone.
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026
“Worried when it rained that the thatch would leak, worried when the sun was hot that the thatch would burn.”
From "Nory Ryan’s Song" by Patricia Reilly Giff
It was raining, and there were no customers.
From Slate ● Aug. 14, 2026
You have to schlep around while it’s raining, snowing or just hot.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026
All of this would happen because the financial professional had read the midyear reports raining down from major financial institutions.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 25, 2026
Hattersley once joked that Margaret Thatcher changed the political weather, and "it hasn't stopped raining since".
From BBC ● Jun. 14, 2026
Behind them, I draw a small Junie holding a banana instead of a phone, a black cloud raining on her head.
From "Finding Junie Kim" by Ellen Oh
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Physical Geography - Introductory
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