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While Storm Austen will move away later on Friday, another deep area of low pressure will bring more wet and windy weather on Saturday.

From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026

Feigning a grimace and clutching his stomach, he asked them for a pack of wet wipes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

The remarkable display followed months of unusually wet weather, awakening seeds that had been lying dormant beneath the soil.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 12, 2026

Rising insurance costs and tightness in the supply of vessels means it’s not just wet freight costs that are booming.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 9, 2026

My neck and back are knotted, tense, my palms wet.

From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes

The challenge now is helping people overcome barriers to outdoor activity, such as safety concerns, fear of falling, or simply preferring the comfort of the sofa – particularly during wetter, colder months.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 19, 2026

According to Australia's Bureau of Meteorology, June brought above-average rainfall, while August was much wetter than normal.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 12, 2026

The weather pattern may produce wetter weather, which could be colder.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 10, 2026

Long-range forecasts for the autumn overall suggest an increased likelihood of wetter and warmer-than-average weather, partly due to the strong El Niño that continues to develop across the Pacific.

From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026

Each week the autumn grew colder and wetter, and the inn, although dirty and drafty, was much cozier than any barn or dung heap to be found outside, so she remained, empty of heart.

From "The Midwife's Apprentice" by Karen Cushman

The wettest weather will be found across Scotland with heavy rain likely in the west, accompanied by wind gusts of 40mph or more in the far north-west.

From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026

Rain is forecast to start Saturday night across Southern California, but Sunday is expected to be the wettest day of the weekend with widespread but light rainfall measuring less than a quarter inch.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 2026

The winter of 1982-83 was California’s wettest in 131 years of record-keeping, according to Alex Tardy, a former meteorologist for the National Weather Service office in San Diego.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2026

Despite the ongoing dry weather, August is typically the wettest of the summer months across the UK.

From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2026

But Svadilfari was sure-footed and implacable, even in the thickest, wettest mud, and he hauled the rocks to Asgard, although the stone-boat was so heavy it cut deep gashes into the sides of the hills.

From "Norse Mythology" by Neil Gaiman

At night, she now wets a hand towel and lays it across the end of her bed.

From BBC ● Jun. 25, 2026

A sniff of a rotting old chair frightens Indy so much, he wets the rug.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2025

So the 45-year-old wets her hair, cooks outside on a propane grill and keeps the lights off indoors.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 30, 2023

Hauser has found that people will give their lawns a quick watering in the morning and evening, but that can be a wasted effort that wets the soil’s surface and doesn’t get to the roots.

From Washington Post ● Sep. 20, 2021

“Now read the names before Connor wets his pants!”

From "Out of My Mind" by Sharon M. Draper

The weather system that wetted pavement across the Seattle area on Tuesday has since pushed off and away, according to the National Weather Service.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 13, 2023

Some leaned down, put their hands in the water and wetted their necks and hair.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 27, 2023

Dr. Jay has studied the body’s responses to sitting near an electric fan, wearing wetted clothing and sponging down with water.

From New York Times ● Jun. 13, 2022

Yet, just as they would for a big game involving the Giants or Jets, the fans remained, their enthusiasm only whetted, not wetted down.

From Washington Times ● Nov. 8, 2018

I bunched my wet socks into my pocket, which immediately wetted my pants.

From "Everything Sad Is Untrue" by Daniel Nayeri

Similar patterns appear on Sputnik Planitia, leading researchers to propose that subsurface liquid, specifically nitrogen, may be rising upward and wetting Pluto's frozen nitrogen surface.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 17, 2026

But at Dilley, she regressed behaviorally, wetting herself after years without accidents and begging to breastfeed again despite being 6 years old.

From Slate ● Feb. 3, 2026

How old were you when you stopped wetting your bed?

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 16, 2025

In that context, it's hard to imagine the sport getting to a place collectively where artificially wetting the track is considered something acceptable.

From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2025

She did it in four sections, wetting the glass, pulling the squeegee down over it firmly, squeezing the squeegee out and repeating the last step twice.

From "Homecoming" by Cynthia Voigt