damp
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The damp conditions under the floodlights exacerbated the difficulty of batting on a surface that has been uneven for most of this match.
From BBC • Jun. 6, 2026
This means there isn’t going to be a flood of oil supply to damp prices.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 12, 2026
Kanchan Narayan, 44, uses a damp cloth-wrapped bottle hung on a string, cooling the drinking water inside via evaporation.
From Barron's • May 10, 2026
A safe and complete reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, for example, would damp expectations for higher inflation and allow yields on 10-year Treasury notes to fall, he added.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 5, 2026
“It’ll be damp and cold down there. Everything will be dripping wet. You’d probably get soaked and come down with a bad cold or pneumonia.”
From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls
Vocabulary lists containing damp
Vocabulary from Readings 4, Unit 1
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"Boar Out There" by Cynthia Rylant
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Vocabulary from Readings 4, Unit 1
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