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raining
  • present participle of rain.

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The singer notably covered the Weather Girls’ ‘80s hit “It’s Raining Men” during her headlining set at Primavera Sound Barcelona last weekend, where she also performed “Manchild” live for the first time.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2025

Led by up-tempo tracks like “Feel Good Too” and “I Feel Like Dancing,” the guitarist wrote his 10-track, eighth studio album with close collaborators Raining Jane, whom he worked with for 2014’s “YES!”

From Seattle Times • Aug. 25, 2023

"She's a French Resistance woman whose sister was killed," she told Alternative Press about the "Raining Blood" character, who sports a jaunty beret and holds an ashed cigarette.

From Salon • Sep. 19, 2021

Raining this morning but I still got out to run with Cooper.

From BBC • Jul. 28, 2021

And if I’d been starting a band right that very minute and needed to give it a true-to-life name, it would be All Hell Raining Down on Kevin.

From "Liar, Liar" by Gary Paulsen