drizzle
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By the time we return to Graham's farm, we are both soaked from hours spent in the drizzle.
From BBC • Mar. 8, 2026
Even rain, a rarity in a region that averages fewer than 20 days a year, has a habit of arriving during the tournament’s early-March window, occasionally bringing cold drizzle and delays.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 7, 2026
He’d heeded Bojsen-Møller’s advice and gone easy with the drizzle of red wine added at the end.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 6, 2026
Braving a cold drizzle, the protesters cheered loudly when Pahlavi took the stage and told the crowd: "I am here to guarantee a transition to a secular democratic future".
From Barron's • Feb. 14, 2026
A drizzle hung in the air when we set off, and before long it had turned into a steady, merciless, deadfall rain.
From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson
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