rainwater
Example Sentences
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Store your wheelbarrow inside your shed so rainwater can’t collect.
From Slate ● Aug. 4, 2026
Among those technologies is direct air capture—in which carbon is absorbed from the atmosphere, enhanced rock weathering where rocks like basalt are spread over farm fields to capture dissolved carbon in rainwater.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 17, 2026
Liou and her gardener helped Lee install it and build a bioswale to catch rainwater, using stones from Valley Builders Supply and some larger rocks from Bourget Bros.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 10, 2026
On Earth, most sulfates dissolve easily in rainwater.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 10, 2026
The open mine sometimes filled with rainwater, making a small pond, but mostly it was just hills and trees and lots of rocks.
From "The Lions of Little Rock" by Kristin Levine
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