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Recent Examples of Synonyms for showery
Adjective
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Los Angeles has received essentially no rainfall in over 10 months, with the driest start to a rainy season on record, parching soils and vegetation and setting the stage for extreme winds to intensify and spread the fires.—
Peter H. Gleick,
Scientific American,
24 Jan. 2025 -
And the region is rapidly running out of time to catch up on the severe deficit in rainfall before the winter rainy season ends.—
Rong-Gong Lin II,
Los Angeles Times,
24 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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This is partially because the lungs breathe out moisture in misty breaths.—
Tommy Tuberville,
Newsweek,
8 Jan. 2025
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His eyes had turned misty at the memory of his mother’s words.—
Anna Russell,
The New Yorker,
3 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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The blaze, named the Hughes Fire, erupted around 10:53 a.m. near Castaic Lake in northern Los Angeles County, and was fueled by dry, windy conditions in the region.—
Elizabeth Robinson,
NBC News,
23 Jan. 2025
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Critics argue that officials not only fumbled the response to the blaze but were also ill-prepared for the inferno to begin with—with hydrants running dry and at least one state reservoir sitting empty amid an unusually hot, dry and windy fire season in Southern California.—
John Yoo and John Shu,
Newsweek,
23 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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The weather was perfectly suited to the Brit’s taste, featuring some classic British overcast skies accompanied by a light drizzle.—
Yara Elshebiny,
Forbes,
20 Jan. 2025
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The three-hour Winterfest took place on a sunny to overcast midday Saturday at 30 degrees along the Century Park Pavilion vicinity.—
Karie Angell Luc,
Chicago Tribune,
13 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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The evening before, Diana Lieb had prepared for a stormy night in as winds howled outside her Altadena home.—
Claire Fahy,
New York Times,
22 Jan. 2025
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The stormy conditions also led to major flight disruptions across the area with Dallas Fort Worth International Airport (DFW) forced to cancel more than 530 outgoing flights and hundreds of incoming flights nixed as well, according to flight tracker FlightAware.—
Alison Fox,
Travel + Leisure,
9 Jan. 2025
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“Showery.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/showery. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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