rains
Example Sentences
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The rains are expected to last through late on Friday.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
This is due to heavy rains in Chile that temporarily halted mining.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
The path would be unusable during heavy rains, but Bar-Zemer and others say that would be less than 20 days each year.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026
The rains, exacerbated by tropical storms, have led to school and government office closures across the main island of Luzon and flooding in the streets of Manila.
From Barron's ● Aug. 10, 2026
They were sad, and the gray rains fell unceasingly, and there was no joy in the land.
From "Norse Mythology" by Neil Gaiman
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