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wet

[wet] / wɛt /






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Orson Welles observed that the duo’s combustible zaniness was so hilarious that it made you wet your pants.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 25, 2026

His face was wet and gushing with joy.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 24, 2026

However, the UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology says flash droughts, external with a sudden transition between wet and dry conditions are "likely to happen more often, and be more intense".

From BBC Jul. 21, 2026

Note: If the ricotta seems especially wet, drain it in a fine-mesh sieve before whipping.

From Salon Jul. 20, 2026

The third night, water from the wet cloth drained down his face.

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

During its tenure, El Niño often brings wetter conditions to the Southern United States.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 22, 2026

They also need a better understanding of how dust storms might change if the planet became warmer and wetter.

From Science Daily Jul. 17, 2026

El Ninos typically have knock-on effects globally, including drier conditions and drought in Australia, along with wetter winters in East Africa and the southern United States.

From Barron's Jul. 9, 2026

"There'll be a real variety of species," Glover added, explaining that the "wetter and boggier" landscape will see "more wading birds."

From BBC Jul. 1, 2026

The last thing I needed to worry about was the student body thinking I was a bed wetter when they had formed such kind opinions of me already.

From "Here to Stay" by Sara Farizan

The wettest areas are more likely towards Scotland where rainfall could be around average.

From BBC Jun. 2, 2026

In the Highlands and Western Isles, the wettest parts of Scotland, more than a month and a half's worth of rain has fallen.

From BBC May 1, 2026

His www.weathertrends360.com External link forecasts show that “This year we have it even wetter, and by late Summer-Fall we have it the wettest for the U.S. in 8 years.”

From Barron's Apr. 20, 2026

Locals say no rain has fallen on Lallays, around 45 minutes' drive from the capital Hargeisa, since last June or July -- even though this is traditionally the wettest part of Somaliland.

From Barron's Feb. 23, 2026

As for Japan’s climate, its rainfall, ranging up to 160 inches per year, makes it the wettest temperate country in the world.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond

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

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 1, 2025

As light rain wets pavement across Western Washington Thursday, temperatures will moderate in the mid-40s.

From Seattle Times Nov. 30, 2023

And as the rain came down in the closing laps, initially only lightly, both were in a quandary - stay out on slick dry-weather tyres, or come in for treaded wets?

From BBC Nov. 30, 2021

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

He picks up a towel and wets it, then kneels down beside me and carefully wipes my face.

From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black

Several people wetted shirts in the river, then put them back on.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 6, 2025

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

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

It’s great spectator sport, and if you’re willing to be wetted with spray for long enough, you can see a man haul in a striped bass that measures from his shoulder to his ankle.

From Washington Post Jul. 3, 2020

Chase dipped his hand in the pot, wetted his fingers, and sprinkled his red face with a few drops of water.

From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson

If infected rodents are confirmed on board, public-health officials might require a thorough decontamination—a process that, according to the CDC, involves wetting all surfaces with disinfectants before cleaning to avoid sending virus particles airborne.

From The Wall Street Journal May 4, 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

You never want to be their target, but watching their vicious crowd work from a safe distance mainly places you in danger of wetting yourself with a spit-take.

From Salon Jan. 15, 2026

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

When she mentioned that I had started wetting the bed, I went to where the others were watching TV and started to mimic what was on the screen.

From "Three Little Words: A Memoir" by Ashley Rhodes-Courter




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