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weather

[weth-er] / ˈwɛð ər /
NOUN
atmospheric conditions
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Countries facing extreme weather, natural disasters and fraught geopolitical situations regularly issue preparedness guidance - some even delivering booklets directly to homes.

From BBC ● Oct. 31, 2026

Mild weather following the Chuseok holiday likely helped stabilize agricultural prices, while a stronger won may have eased upward pressure on import prices, Meritz Securities chief economist Seunghoon Stephen Lee said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

News and analysis about water quality, air pollution, weather patterns, environmental issues and climate change.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2026

McManamon said it is never a safe decision to walk along coastal cliffs in such weather conditions.

From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026

“I’m glad to see you admit that this weather is due to my rainmaking abilities,” he told the mayor.

From "The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs" by Betty G. Birney

Flooding has become more common across the United Kingdom because of extreme weathers caused by climate change.

From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026

The voice, exuberant and straightforward for Churchill the small child, matures as he weathers the frustrations of schooling, survives war and captivity in South Africa, and steps onto the floor of Parliament in 1901.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 22, 2026

As the sector weathers a period of unprecedented uncertainty, retailers and manufacturers are sitting on their biggest polished‑stone stockpiles in years.

From Barron's ● Feb. 8, 2026

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

Even the weathers had grown milder, and the wolves that had once come ravening out of the North in bitter white winters were now only a grandfather’s tale.

From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien

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

From Salon ● Oct. 25, 2026

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

From Slate ● Oct. 8, 2026

The eastern Pacific has weathered an unusually active hurricane season this summer and fall, likely related to the development of a potentially historically strong El Niño.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026

Wakefield weathered the storm and, with numbers levelled up, they worked an opening for Johnstone's power and pace to deliver the decisive try.

From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026

A small girl runs, laughing at nothing at all, and is finally stopped by a tall, weathered stone wall.

From "The Adoration of Jenna Fox" by Mary E. Pearson

“Although new tariff challenges await in September, the August strength suggests the economy was weathering the storm better than expected in the third quarter,” Shelly Kaushik, senior economist at Bank of Montreal Capital Markets, said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

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

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 22, 2026

But after weathering through the lockdowns of Covid-19 and struggling with the continuing rising costs of operating, the family said things were "extremely difficult" to sustain.

From BBC ● Aug. 27, 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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