rains
Britishplural noun
Example Sentences
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Reising wore skis as he and other officials measured snow in a slushy meadow at Phillips Station near South Lake Tahoe, where rains in the last week began to melt the snow.
From Los Angeles Times
Torrential rains, floods, and landslides have killed at least 40 people and left 27 missing, authorities said.
From Barron's
The roof is lopsided and leaks when it rains, but Gran is there and she doesn’t care about my name.
From Literature
Despair hung over two cities in southeastern Brazil on Wednesday as rescuers and residents searched for 33 people missing after torrential rains unleashed flooding and landslides that killed at least 36.
From Barron's
"Whenever it rains, I get anxious. I keep thinking about the children, about how I would save them."
From Barron's
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