clouds
Example Sentences
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The forecast shows an 80% chance of favorable weather for launch, with some potential for clouds and high winds at ground level that could delay the mission.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026
The press corps headed outside, where clouds that had threatened to cancel the launch had evaporated.
From BBC • Apr. 1, 2026
Carmakers reported mixed first-quarter US sales Wednesday pointing to a hit from winter storms, as the Middle East war clouds the industry's outlook compared with unusually favorable dynamics a year ago.
From Barron's • Apr. 1, 2026
"The intense heat and radiation split the molecular hydrogen that makes up vast, interstellar gas clouds, quenching its potential to accumulate and turn into new stars."
From Science Daily • Mar. 30, 2026
It wasn’t raining, but dark clouds peppered the sky in a way that could mean that recess would be wet.
From "A Boy Called Bat" by Elana K. Arnold
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.