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In the lowlands, as the system lifts northward, widespread rain will wet pavement as dark yields to dawn.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 18, 2024

A few brief bursts of rain will wet pavement across the Puget Sound area on Tuesday, the National Weather Service said.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 7, 2023

“Leather will wet rot. Collagen fibers in vellum will tighten and shrink.”

From New York Times • Jan. 7, 2023

Many of those affected will wet themselves and lose control of their bowels.

From The Guardian • Mar. 8, 2018

Where there is most, however, the acid, nitric acid, or nitric acid solution of nitrate of mercury, will wet, and so act on the fur, least.

From The Chemistry of Hat Manufacturing Lectures Delivered Before the Hat Manufacturers' Association by Shonk, Albert