rainstorm
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She recalled leaving Wagoner's office after their musical split and driving home in a rainstorm, until the clouds parted, giving way to sunlight and an idea for another new song.
From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026
One solution is to visit a house you’re thinking of buying in the middle of a rainstorm, when water-related problems can become more obvious, Marecheau said.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 15, 2026
A “Daniel Tiger” episode about a rainstorm could just have a tree break a window instead of more catastrophic damage.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 13, 2026
Another group in Philadelphia went shirtless in a driving rainstorm.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 21, 2026
Here he was in fifth grade, near the end of his very first language arts class with Mrs. Granger, and Nick could feel a homework assignment coming the way a farmer can feel a rainstorm.
From "Frindle" by Andrew Clements
Cloud-seeding technology may be a drop in the bucket, as it doesn't create rainstorms.
From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026
That uncertainty is especially important because a future with more powerful rainstorms does not necessarily mean the lakes will receive more usable water.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 21, 2026
Last year, 80 percent of Bogus Basin’s pile survived torrential rainstorms and stretches of record summer heat.
From Slate ● Apr. 11, 2026
Demand has been hurt by unrest in Mexico and rainstorms and flooding in Hawaii, which represent 30% of its capacity.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 30, 2026
Likewise you could predict the percentage of years in which there would be no desert rainstorms, one such storm, two storms, three, and so on.
From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos
