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Recent Examples of monsoon
The monsoon often helps lower temperatures, but storms have been few this year.
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Hayleigh Evans, AZCentral.com, 22 July 2025
But by July 10, the threat of expansion set in as a dry trough of low pressure passed over northern Arizona, pushing out monsoon moisture and bringing in drier air and gusty winds.
—Christopher Cann, USA Today, 17 July 2025
Officials pointed to broader regional threats, noting that the West's worsening drought, coupled with the erratic summer monsoon season, has led to more frequent lightning strikes and fire starts.
—Hollie Silverman, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 July 2025
The atmospheric pattern that typically brings rain during the monsoon is still taking shape.
—Hayleigh Evans, AZCentral.com, 11 July 2025
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Hayleigh Evans, AZCentral.com, 22 July 2025
But by July 10, the threat of expansion set in as a dry trough of low pressure passed over northern Arizona, pushing out monsoon moisture and bringing in drier air and gusty winds.
—Christopher Cann, USA Today, 17 July 2025
Officials pointed to broader regional threats, noting that the West's worsening drought, coupled with the erratic summer monsoon season, has led to more frequent lightning strikes and fire starts.
—Hollie Silverman, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 July 2025
The atmospheric pattern that typically brings rain during the monsoon is still taking shape.
—Hayleigh Evans, AZCentral.com, 11 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for monsoon
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The National Weather Service predicts that the heavy rain potential will move west towards Texas on Friday, with additional downpours likely along the Gulf Coast.—
Brandi D. Addison,
Austin American Statesman,
25 July 2025
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The National Weather Service said the heavy rain potential is expected to move west towards Texas on Friday, with additional downpours likely along the Gulf Coast.—
Gabe Hauari,
USA Today,
24 July 2025
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The fire-scarred hillsides couldn’t withstand the deluge.—
Andrew Freedman,
CNN Money,
24 July 2025
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Two women drowned in Plainfield during Monday's deluge, and on Wednesday, a man was killed and more than a dozen were injured when lightning struck an archery event in Jackson Township.—
Amanda Castro,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 July 2025
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The lack of moisture has suppressed widespread storms and meaningful rainfall, especially over the fire.—
Hayleigh Evans,
AZCentral.com,
1 Aug. 2025
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Flash and urban flooding are possible in the northern Mid-Atlantic and southern New England through the night before the storms move across the country this weekend.—
N'dea Yancey-Bragg,
USA Today,
1 Aug. 2025
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But none of that potential bad news, or a spring cloudburst, could dampen the recent celebration of the park’s 50th birthday held at a Minneapolis brewery by the Voyageurs Conservancy – which was founded a decade before the park opened, and works to connect more people to Voyageurs.—
Jess Myers,
Twin Cities,
7 June 2025
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The Yankees scored twice before the cloudburst to stake a 4-2 lead.—
Patrick Saunders,
Denver Post,
25 May 2025
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“Monsoon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/monsoon. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.
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