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wet

[wet] / wɛt /






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Any wet weather will become confined to northern and western areas - especially north-west Scotland - and in southern parts of the UK temperatures look set to climb once again.

From BBC Jul. 25, 2026

His face was wet and gushing with joy.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 24, 2026

Forecasters with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, which announced in June that El Niño had arrived, predict this iteration will be “very strong,” bringing a greater promise of a wet winter.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 22, 2026

Note: If the ricotta seems especially wet, drain it in a fine-mesh sieve before whipping.

From Salon Jul. 20, 2026

I’m rewarded with a slobbery wet kiss before I head into the school and the life I chose for me.

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam

While El Niño brings colder and wetter conditions to the Southern U.S., it typically generates drier and warmer weather up north.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 22, 2026

This period, known as the middle Holocene, came thousands of years after the last Ice Age and was generally wetter than today.

From Science Daily Jul. 21, 2026

El Ninos typically have knock-on effects globally, including drier conditions and drought in Australia, along with wetter winters in East Africa and the southern United States.

From Barron's Jul. 9, 2026

"There'll be a real variety of species," Glover added, explaining that the "wetter and boggier" landscape will see "more wading birds."

From BBC Jul. 1, 2026

North and South China differ in environment and climate as well: the north is drier and colder; the south, wetter and hotter.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond

His www.weathertrends360.com External link forecasts show that “This year we have it even wetter, and by late Summer-Fall we have it the wettest for the U.S. in 8 years.”

From Barron's Apr. 20, 2026

The wettest and windiest weather will be across western areas.

From BBC Mar. 6, 2026

The Met Office said this season for Cornwall, Devon and Dorset ranks in the top five of the wettest winters since records began.

From BBC Mar. 1, 2026

Locals say no rain has fallen on Lallays, around 45 minutes' drive from the capital Hargeisa, since last June or July -- even though this is traditionally the wettest part of Somaliland.

From Barron's Feb. 23, 2026

“Why else would we close up our shop and take a boat and climb this abominable hill, all on the coldest, wettest day ever known since creation?”

From "Dragonwings" by Laurence Yep

At night, she now wets a hand towel and lays it across the end of her bed.

From BBC Jun. 25, 2026

A sniff of a rotting old chair frightens Indy so much, he wets the rug.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 1, 2025

As light rain wets pavement across Western Washington Thursday, temperatures will moderate in the mid-40s.

From Seattle Times Nov. 30, 2023

Hauser has found that people will give their lawns a quick watering in the morning and evening, but that can be a wasted effort that wets the soil’s surface and doesn’t get to the roots.

From Washington Post Sep. 20, 2021

She wets a dishcloth and wipes down an already clean spot on the counter.

From "Everything, Everything" by Nicola Yoon

According to the City of Seattle, both unwanted fireplace ash and BBQ coals should be cooled, wetted, bagged and disposed of in the trash.

From Seattle Times Feb. 22, 2024

It’s great spectator sport, and if you’re willing to be wetted with spray for long enough, you can see a man haul in a striped bass that measures from his shoulder to his ankle.

From Washington Post Jul. 3, 2020

Yet, just as they would for a big game involving the Giants or Jets, the fans remained, their enthusiasm only whetted, not wetted down.

From Washington Times Nov. 8, 2018

Amor y Tacos is famous for Ortega’s interpretation of Dodger Stadium’s infamous Doyer Dog, a full pound of crisp-skinned hot dog on an oversized bun wetted with short-rib chile, mayonnaise and mustard.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 8, 2017

I bunched my wet socks into my pocket, which immediately wetted my pants.

From "Everything Sad Is Untrue" by Daniel Nayeri

The initial restart was ahead of schedule, but months of inactivity allowed water to accumulate in parts of the mine, wetting the ore and necessitating new loading equipment.

From The Wall Street Journal May 26, 2026

But at Dilley, she regressed behaviorally, wetting herself after years without accidents and begging to breastfeed again despite being 6 years old.

From Slate Feb. 3, 2026

You never want to be their target, but watching their vicious crowd work from a safe distance mainly places you in danger of wetting yourself with a spit-take.

From Salon Jan. 15, 2026

Firefighters continued suppression efforts during the day on Jan. 1, wetting down areas within the fire perimeter.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 8, 2025

She got disgusted with wetting on the floor and took to going outside.

From "Cannery Row" by John Steinbeck




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