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rainy day

NOUN
possible time of need
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This argument runs that because quasilegal internal migrants lack access to the social safety net, they save too much for a rainy day.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026

On a rainy day in December, Ayala maneuvered his truck one final time through Mount Washington’s narrow streets.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2026

What if your guest wants to lounge in bed on a rainy day and wonders where all those cushions went?

From MarketWatch • Apr. 3, 2026

It was a rainy day in May, and upon returning to the site with plastic sheets to protect freshly poured concrete, ICE had trespassed onto the development.

From Salon • Feb. 12, 2026

But Mama just said, slow and somber like the wind on a rainy day, “Oh, Ida B.”

From "Ida B" by Katherine Hannigan




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