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In one of their short stories, who wrote "We may achieve climate, but weather is thrust upon us"?

weather

[weth-er] / ˈwΙ›Γ° Ι™r /
NOUN
atmospheric conditions
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He and Lisa moved to Florida in 2018 because his body could no longer tolerate cold weather.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 1, 2026

However, a weather front moving into the far north may bring increasing cloud, potentially obscuring views in some areas.

From BBC ● Nov. 1, 2026

"So this is in recognition of Shane's contribution to the observatory and to the measuring of the weather."

From BBC ● Nov. 1, 2026

You can find out more detail for the weather outlook here.

From BBC ● Nov. 1, 2026

Natalie Torres sat on the edge of her couch, her eyes glued to the television and her weather journal clutched tight in her hands.

From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz

The Moon routinely weathers impact from space debris including meteoroids.

From Barron's ● Aug. 4, 2026

The voice, exuberant and straightforward for Churchill the small child, matures as he weathers the frustrations of schooling, survives war and captivity in South Africa, and steps onto the floor of Parliament in 1901.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 22, 2026

As the sector weathers a period of unprecedented uncertainty, retailers and manufacturers are sitting on their biggest polished‑stone stockpiles in years.

From Barron's ● Feb. 8, 2026

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

One wet afternoon the following November, a Greyhound bus deposited Perry in Worcester, a Massachusetts factory town of steep, up-and-down streets that even in the best of weathers seem cheerless and hostile.

From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote

Watters has weathered enough sea changes over his decades at Fox News that he can chart the tides.

From Salon ● Oct. 25, 2026

But he said he was pleasantly surprised at how well many countries have weathered recent geopolitical uncertainty.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

The Griffith Park merry-go-round, which turned 100 this year, stands motionless, many of its 66 wooden horses weathered and caught mid-ascent.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2026

They’re correct that America’s alliances have weathered struggles before.

From Slate ● Oct. 8, 2026

Rough concrete pillars stood proud above the courthouse steps, looking weathered and bored, like they were tired of carrying the weight of the law on their shoulders.

From "The Rock and the River" by Kekla Magoon

For some, it was a chance at redemption after years of weathering jokes about their accents.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 25, 2026

Even though both the international oil benchmark and the U.S. benchmark have significantly jumped over the past two weeks as tensions in the Middle East have escalated, JPMorgan sees stocks weathering the storm.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 14, 2026

But after weathering through the lockdowns of Covid-19 and struggling with the continuing rising costs of operating, the family said things were "extremely difficult" to sustain.

From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026

Bites often leave punctures or furrows in bone, but disease, insects, weathering, and erosion can create similar features.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 5, 2026

The epoxide is popularly described as “an oxidation product” produced by weathering.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson


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