rain
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The team felt the imminent heavier rain would hold off long enough for him to do another lap.
From BBC ● Nov. 7, 2026
“Definitely people should just be alert that for next weekend into the following week there’s going to be potential for some rain across Southern California,” but details are still uncertain, Thompson said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 7, 2026
Lando Norris says qualifying for the Sao Paulo Grand Prix brought "some of the wettest conditions" in which he had ever driven - and he is hoping for more rain in the race on Sunday.
From BBC ● Nov. 7, 2026
Over the next few days, melting snow and rain began to pool in the pipe, too.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026
His head still heavily bandaged, Phineas is roaming about Cavendish in the rain with no coat and thin shoes.
From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman
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Heavy rains have flooded tens of thousands of tents where displaced residents have been living in Gaza, with a United Nations official saying almost everyone in the territory needs help.
From BBC ● Nov. 7, 2026
If those winds are preceded by sufficient rains, the risk of large fires is dampened.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026
Meanwhile, mines in northern and central Chile were forced to reduce operations in July and August due to heavy rains linked to El Nino that knocked out power and hampered access to the sites.
From Barron's ● Oct. 22, 2026
Even when heavy seasonal rains increase the flow of water and occasionally wash a few snails out through the cave opening, they have not been observed in nearby streams.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 21, 2026
It poured rain on Monday—like the monsoon rains in India I read about in Hardy T. Lang's book.
From "The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs" by Betty G. Birney
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“It rained one of the first nights we slept in the house,” Kelsey says.
From Slate ● Oct. 28, 2026
At Achnagart in Highland, it has rained for the past 27 days.
From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026
It had rained earlier but the sun broke through in time for pictures.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
"It rained all night, but we stayed put till the choppers came for us," he added.
From Barron's ● Aug. 27, 2026
There was also a large shady area with plenty of room where the bigger animals could go if it was too sunny or when it rained.
From "Pony Problems: Nancy Drew and the Clue Crew, #3" by Carolyn Keene
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Amanda Presswood was in her upstairs bedroom last month when she checked her Ring doorbell camera to see if it was raining.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 2026
As I watched him attempt a hasty roadside repair, he flashed a grin before adding: "If it was raining, I'd probably be moaning a bit more."
From BBC ● Oct. 31, 2026
“And then suddenly it was raining in the hallway.”
From Slate ● Oct. 28, 2026
“We get through one storm only to face another,” said Soto, 39, a travel agent in the beach town of Bahía de Banderas, where it has been raining for weeks straight.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 18, 2026
It was raining when Fina and I woke up, but now the air is clean and there’s a breeze whipping around the bright morning like Boomer zigzagging after a squirrel.
From "How to Disappear Completely" by Ali Standish
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