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Recent Examples of monsoon
Late spring is the start of the wet monsoon season in Myanmar, when heavy rains and squalling winds sweep in from the Bay of Bengal.
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Burkhard Bilger, New Yorker, 2 Mar. 2026
Sea mists turn the mountain’s shrubby flank brilliant green during summer but monsoon currents make swimming dangerous.
—Anna Zacharias, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 Jan. 2026
The weather gods have been kind to the desert this year, starting with a series of late summer monsoons that brought significant rains to the arid sandbox.
—Ernie Cowan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Jan. 2026
These numbers fall like monsoon rains upon the barren plain of the U.S. box office, which as of last month was steadily falling behind the previous year's performance.
—Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 7 Dec. 2025
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Burkhard Bilger, New Yorker, 2 Mar. 2026
Sea mists turn the mountain’s shrubby flank brilliant green during summer but monsoon currents make swimming dangerous.
—Anna Zacharias, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 Jan. 2026
The weather gods have been kind to the desert this year, starting with a series of late summer monsoons that brought significant rains to the arid sandbox.
—Ernie Cowan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Jan. 2026
These numbers fall like monsoon rains upon the barren plain of the U.S. box office, which as of last month was steadily falling behind the previous year's performance.
—Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 7 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for monsoon
Noun
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Strong to severe thunderstorms could slam the Kansas City area twice in the coming days, bringing damaging winds, torrential downpours, and a chance of isolated tornadoes, according to the National Weather Service.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
1 Apr. 2026
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Italian piazzas are covered by retractable, UV-filtering canopies, deployed each morning like futuristic umbrellas against an invisible downpour.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
31 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Quench them with a copious deluge of water and stir to guarantee complete cooling.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
28 Mar. 2026
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Quench them with a copious deluge of water and stir to guarantee complete cooling.—
KANSAS CITY STAR WEATHER BOT,
Kansas City Star,
27 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Even minor changes in clouds, wind or storms can force delays, especially for a mission of this scale.—
Brandi D. Addison,
USA Today,
1 Apr. 2026
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The probability of lightning strikes rises as a thunderstorm approaches and peaks when the storm is directly above.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
1 Apr. 2026
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The storm, which hit the New York area in October, 2012, unlocked billions of dollars in resilience spending, with hurricanes, rather than heat waves or cloudbursts, as the focus.—
Eric Klinenberg,
New Yorker,
6 Apr. 2026
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The whole experience tasted of the sea and the end of summer, punctuated by soft little cloudbursts on the palate.—
The Bon Appétit Staff,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
29 Sep. 2025
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“Monsoon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/monsoon. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.
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