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In one of their short stories, who wrote "We may achieve climate, but weather is thrust upon us"?

weather

[weth-er] / ˈwΙ›Γ° Ι™r /
NOUN
atmospheric conditions
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Water supply is a fraught issue in Cape Town which narrowly avoided a "Day Zero" water shutdown in 2018 and could reportedly face restrictions from December as the warming El Nino weather pattern takes hold.

From Barron's ● Oct. 28, 2026

After the recent stormy weather across the United Kingdom, things will turn calmer in the coming days.

From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2026

Third-party analysis found that some trades on the weather beat the National Weather Service.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026

The snow and hazardous weather temporarily delayed recovery efforts.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2026

There was always some standing water in the ditch, even in dry weather.

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck

They typically have longer ranges than bullets and work in all weathers, unlike interceptor drones.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 30, 2026

Investors will have to wait and see if the sector weathers the dividend storm, too.

From Barron's ● Jan. 7, 2026

"They are not built in sterile air-conditioned factories, they're built outside, usually in a muddy field, in all weathers by up to 200 people," she says.

From BBC ● Apr. 21, 2025

His daughter, Lucindy, 52, who is also fighting cancer, told the BBC how her dad had been out "in all weathers" over the past year to complete the boat by Christmas.

From BBC ● Dec. 21, 2024

As I have said, all weathers delighted Phineas.

From "A Separate Peace" by John Knowles

Watters has weathered enough sea changes over his decades at Fox News that he can chart the tides.

From Salon ● Oct. 25, 2026

The Griffith Park merry-go-round, which turned 100 this year, stands motionless, many of its 66 wooden horses weathered and caught mid-ascent.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2026

Then it weathered the Arab Spring uprisings around the region which saw off leaders in Tunisia, Libya, Egypt and Yemen.

From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2026

They’re correct that America’s alliances have weathered struggles before.

From Slate ● Oct. 8, 2026

They look like maybe they’re thirty, although they’re weathered in a way that makes it hard to tell for sure.

From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman

Jake Wolfinger, 45, has been weathering the downturn at his feedlot near Lexington, Nebraska.

From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2026

Those airlines with healthier balance sheets may have an easier time weathering the difficulties.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 22, 2026

Ballooning investment on the nationwide AI build-out, as well as stock-market gains for the affluent, suggest the U.S. can continue weathering the shock for now.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026

Thursday's data demonstrated the European economy was weathering the impact of the US-Iran war that began earlier this year better than feared.

From Barron's ● Jul. 30, 2026

The epoxide is popularly described as “an oxidation product” produced by weathering.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson


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