rainy
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He was in Nigeria when the 1999 solar eclipse happened, but it was the rainy season and there wasn't much to see, although he did notice the birds "took off".
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026
Many places on the river in and around Guerneville shut down November through early May because it gets cold and rainy and the river can run high and fast.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
You “absolutely need a mudroom,” in the Northeast, since people walk in with snow and rain on their boots and need a place to drop off “sporty, sweaty, muddy, rainy, snowy” stuff.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 1, 2026
Persistent inflation also means Americans are socking away less for retirement or a rainy day.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026
She found several other small streams—they had been much larger, but the rainy season was already two months past.
From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer
"When you get hot spells, they're that much hotter. And when you get rainy spells, they're that much rainier," he said.
From Barron's ● Jun. 19, 2026
It's possible there were more hostile places on earth on Wednesday evening than Pittodrie; windier, rainier, colder, noisier.
From BBC ● Dec. 4, 2024
In some parts of the state, though, it’s been much rainier than normal.
From New York Times ● Feb. 27, 2024
February tends to be one of the city’s rainier months.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 7, 2024
Beloved: The weather is as gray as England to-day, and much rainier.
From An Englishwoman's Love-Letters by Laurence Housman
One of the rainiest springs on record boosted warm soup sales while denting those for sun cream, new figures suggest.
From BBC ● Jun. 18, 2024
During the darkest and rainiest part of the year, it’s tempting to get comfortable on your couch and avoid leaving the house at all.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 15, 2023
Though Pu’u Kukui, the highest peak in the West Maui Mountains, remains one of the rainiest locations on the planet, the once-flourishing mid-elevation hillsides are droughted and eroding.
From Salon ● Dec. 7, 2023
By many measures, L.A. was far more prepared than San Francisco when it encountered its rainiest day of the water year.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 2023
Sometimes, on spring days, there will be the brightest, warmest sun and the darkest, rainiest clouds sharing the sky.
From "Ida B" by Katherine Hannigan
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