drops

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"The helicopter is expected to carry out targeted water drops on the Elan Valley wildfire during the next few hours to extinguish or lessen the impacts of the fire," he said.

From BBC • Apr. 29, 2026

These models showed that the U-shaped age pattern naturally arises when star formation drops sharply and older stars migrate outward, reinforcing the idea that this marks the true edge of the star-forming disk.

From Science Daily • Apr. 29, 2026

But splurging on upgrades didn’t come naturally to executives accustomed to agonizing over drops of fuel.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 25, 2026

LA28 will have multiple ticket drops with assigned purchasing time slots before ticket sales move to a first-come, first-served format closer to the Games, which open on July 14, 2028.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 23, 2026

The rain hadn’t amounted to more than a few drops, and it was as steamy as the jungles of Borneo—or at least I thought so.

From "The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs" by Betty G. Birney