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raindrops



NOUN
rainfall
Synonyms
Antonyms
STRONGEST


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A clap of thunder cracked over the town of Lege-Cap-Ferret, and a few raindrops started to fall over the coastal region that has seen France's worst wildfire since 1949.

From Barron's Jul. 30, 2026

Brighter clouds cool the ocean surface below while also reducing rainfall because the smaller cloud droplets are less likely to combine into raindrops.

From Science Daily Jul. 3, 2026

“Gray raindrops pattered listlessly on the kitchen window, obscuring the thin morning light” as Honor Wilson is found smearing “a dot of margarine across some toast.”

From The Wall Street Journal May 15, 2026

Amid intermittent raindrops, we were talking about cars from the ’60s when Renée stopped walking.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 6, 2026

He decided to tell Mrs. Das about another patient, and another: the young woman who had complained of a sensation of raindrops in her spine, the gentleman whose birthmark had begun to sprout hairs.

From "Interpreter of Maladies" by Jhumpa Lahiri




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