rains
Britishplural noun
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While its telescopes continued scanning the distant universe, unusually generous winter rains brought the surrounding outback to life in a brilliant display of wildflowers.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 12, 2026
Torrential rains sparked historic flooding in southern Brazil in April and May of that year, leaving nearly 200 people dead, 500,000 more displaced and massive damages.
From Barron's ● Oct. 10, 2026
Even before the storm made landfall, hundreds of thousands were without power in the country's southeast - and Alabama, Florida and Georgia have issued states of emergency as they brace for heavy rains and flooding.
From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026
“It’s like if on the third day, it rains and then on the fourth day there’s locusts and like, oh my God, now the world’s ending.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
When the rains came to Pinyudu, we stayed inside most of the time.
From "Lost Boy, Lost Girl" by John Bul Dau
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