rainy
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September is the peak of Thailand's rainy season, but many Bangkok residents said this year's floods seemed worse than previous ones.
From Barron's ● Sep. 28, 2026
I noted their opinions but tucked them away in my head for a rainy day.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026
“Treasury is not going to utilize its entire rainy day fund to fund its buyback program. This is not exactly Draghi-esque, a do-whatever-it-takes moment. This is not Ben Bernanke’s bazooka,” Brusuelas said.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 24, 2026
But paying a dividend, reducing debt or building up cash for a rainy day can be better choices sometimes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026
A rainy April had turned into a warm May.
From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton
"When you get hot spells, they're that much hotter. And when you get rainy spells, they're that much rainier," he said.
From Barron's ● Jun. 19, 2026
It's possible there were more hostile places on earth on Wednesday evening than Pittodrie; windier, rainier, colder, noisier.
From BBC ● Dec. 4, 2024
Actually, at least some production would probably shift to rainier parts of the country, climate experts say.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 17, 2023
Santa Cruz has long been far rainier than its neighboring counties, mostly because of its topography, said Jan Null, a veteran meteorologist and former lead forecaster for the National Weather Service.
From New York Times ● Jan. 9, 2023
They all go in, and when it's time, we let the flood begin; The rainier it rains the more we like it staying in.
From A Jolly Jingle-Book by Laura Chandler
The decades of Genghis’s rise, the author tells us, were Central Asia’s rainiest in 2,000 years.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026
Local officials say this has been the rainiest February in the history of Juiz de Fora, with the current rainfall in the region already more than double the amount expected for the month.
From BBC ● Feb. 24, 2026
Though Pu’u Kukui, the highest peak in the West Maui Mountains, remains one of the rainiest locations on the planet, the once-flourishing mid-elevation hillsides are droughted and eroding.
From Salon ● Dec. 7, 2023
When a new football stadium was built at South Alabama, located in one of America’s rainiest cities, the decision was made to go with an artificial turf playing surface.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 9, 2023
Sometimes, on spring days, there will be the brightest, warmest sun and the darkest, rainiest clouds sharing the sky.
From "Ida B" by Katherine Hannigan
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