rainstorm
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Because these tears smell like cotton after a rainstorm in rural Georgia.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026
She recalled leaving Wagoner's office after their musical split and driving home in a rainstorm, until the clouds parted, giving way to sunlight and an idea for another new song.
From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026
One solution is to visit a house you’re thinking of buying in the middle of a rainstorm, when water-related problems can become more obvious, Marecheau said.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 15, 2026
Another group in Philadelphia went shirtless in a driving rainstorm.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 21, 2026
So we sat there for a moment, swallowed in an Oklahoma fire-hose rainstorm.
From "100 Sideways Miles" by Andrew Smith
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The findings extend beyond heavy rainstorms and could have implications for underground operations around the world.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 6, 2026
Last year, 80 percent of Bogus Basin’s pile survived torrential rainstorms and stretches of record summer heat.
From Slate ● Apr. 11, 2026
But some of the high-tech company’s biggest problems began with a very low-tech nuisance: unexpectedly turbulent rainstorms in North Texas.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 16, 2025
Some of CoreWeave’s biggest problems began with unexpectedly turbulent rainstorms in North Texas.
From MarketWatch ● Dec. 16, 2025
Comparing the rainstorms I’d seen in California with what we drove through that August afternoon was like comparing a parakeet’s birdbath with the twelve-billion-gallon St. Francis Reservoir.
From "100 Sideways Miles" by Andrew Smith
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