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monsoon

[mon-soon] / mɒnˈsun /






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We set off during the blissfully uncrowded and surprisingly appealing monsoon season in August.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 28, 2026

Dr. Pepin pointed to events in Pakistan this summer, when intense monsoon storms combined with extreme mountain rainfall.

From Science Daily • Jan. 21, 2026

In Mumbai, the financial capital, citizens staged a rare protest against worsening pothole problem, as clogged sewage lines dumped garbage onto flooded roads during the extended monsoon.

From BBC • Dec. 28, 2025

If we had wind chimes, it would’ve been a Lollapalooza monsoon of surly zephyrs all the livelong night.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 23, 2025

The bedroom looks as if a monsoon has passed through it: clothes, barrettes, shoes, socks, belts, and scarves are strewn everywhere—on the bed that Chou and I share as well as on Keav’s bed.

From "First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers" by Loung Ung




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