rain
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Many dispersed as rain fell about six hours after the protest started.
From Barron's ● Oct. 28, 2026
Wednesday will start off chillier compared to recent mornings and while dry for most, there will be lots of cloud and showery rain mainly across southern Scotland, northern England and north Wales.
From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2026
The theft came after the crew had been working in the rain trying to patch up a leak.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2026
As the rain clears, slightly drier conditions will spread across the UK from the south-west.
From BBC ● Oct. 26, 2026
Leeuwenhoek took a single drop of water from a rain barrel and turned his microscope on it.
From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman
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“We must do what we can to protect Brazil’s democracy,” said Karina da Silva Pereira, a 50-year-old lawyer in São Paulo, who braved torrential rains to vote for da Silva.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026
Champi has also stirred up heavy rains and winds in Batanes, a Philippine island chain below southern Taiwan.
From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026
It typically takes two widespread rounds of moderate to significant rains to achieve this effect, Shameson said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026
He expects fires near Manaus and Santarém to persist until seasonal rains return, likely in December 2026 or January 2027.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 18, 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
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"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
Across the waterlogged basin, it rained almost 8 inches over New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026
It means going places you may never have wanted to go, sometimes at the worst times of year, with no guarantee that the spectacle won’t be rained out.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 2026
Time had punctured the roof with 20 holes and whenever it rained, Baker would run around placing buckets under them and emptying them when they were full, like a game of Whac-A-Mole.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
Whoever covered the slats when they turned this into a room did a lousy job, so the blanket’s been rained on and reeks of mildew.
From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen
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The baby was left uncovered while it was raining.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 26, 2026
It was raining, and there were no customers.
From Slate ● Aug. 14, 2026
"I closed the door, and then the explosion happened, and it threw me against the door - everything was raining down on me," says Scott Johnson.
From BBC ● Jul. 26, 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
I couldn’t believe it was still raining, that it was the same day, that we had only been talking for an hour or so.
From "Lawn Boy" by Gary Paulsen
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