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weather

[weth-er] / ˈwɛð ər /
NOUN
atmospheric conditions
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Whilst no two events are the same, the current developing El Niño could mean a greater chance of stormy autumn weather in the UK.

From BBC Aug. 21, 2026

Festivals around the country have had to deal with unpredictable and dangerous weather throughout the years.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 21, 2026

Traders set odds by themselves by betting against each other on outcomes from elections to interest rates to the weather, and the platform earns a fee on the trade, not on who wins.

From MarketWatch Aug. 21, 2026

U.S. natural gas futures rose as weather models added some heat to the near-term outlook, while LNG feedgas flows continued recovering.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 21, 2026

It seems that even though it’s late October, the weather fairies haven’t gotten the memo, because it’s still as hot as midsummer at five p.m.

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam

They typically have longer ranges than bullets and work in all weathers, unlike interceptor drones.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 30, 2026

Heavy rare earths are formed over millions of years, as rainfall weathers igneous rocks, breaking them down and leaving elements concentrated near the surface.

From Barron's Dec. 21, 2025

Michael Cullen went from sleeping rough in Liverpool to raising £1m by doing charity walks in all weathers in just his swimming trunks.

From BBC May 30, 2025

The people who work in governmental institutions — and therefore the institutions themselves—are rather like the ballast that keeps a ship upright and balanced in different weathers.

From Salon Dec. 8, 2024

It had been found instead by half-educated seamen prepared to stand on the deck of a ship in all weathers.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

The collision blasted this weathered material from as deep as 1.5 feet beneath the lunar surface.

From Science Daily Aug. 20, 2026

The show even weathered a major uproar over the botched host transition that followed the death of beloved emcee Alex Trebek in 2020.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 30, 2026

Platner galvanized an enthusiastic base of supporters and weathered months of controversies surrounding his personal life by selling a story of redemption and what he called “healthy” masculinity.

From Salon Jul. 13, 2026

The firm designed a sandy-hued building with metal downspouts and horizontal sunshades made of weathered steel.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 12, 2026

On it roughly cut and now much weathered could still be seen dwarf-runes and secret marks.

From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien

Thursday's data demonstrated the European economy was weathering the impact of the US-Iran war that began earlier this year better than feared.

From Barron's Jul. 30, 2026

Uzbekistan, playing in its first World Cup, was not intimidated by the big stage, weathering a withering Colombia attack in a 3-1 loss.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 21, 2026

The researchers emphasize that rock weathering should not be viewed as a simple or permanent solution to climate change.

From Science Daily Jun. 20, 2026

"We found that river CO2 emissions decline while carbon uptake through rock weathering increases as permafrost cover decreases," said Liwei Zhang, biogeochemist at East China Normal University.

From Science Daily Jun. 20, 2026

Besides the tangle itself, there was the weathering of that first year, when the Knot hung outside and became hard as a rock.

From "Maniac Magee" by Jerry Spinelli




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