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Recent Examples of rainy
The city has leaned on its rainy-day reserves and discretionary funds to cover the deficit for the current budget cycle.
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Jake Goodrick, Sacbee.com, 7 Feb. 2026
These king cobras prefer the cool, rainy montane forests along Goa’s eastern border, not the dry, lowland western part of the state, says study co-author Hinrich Kaiser, a herpetologist at Victor Valley College in California.
—Richard Kemeny, Scientific American, 6 Feb. 2026
Summer, meanwhile, which is from July through September, marks the start of the rainy season.
—Atenea Morales De La Cruz, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 Feb. 2026
Will spring be rainy in Memphis?
—Jordan Green, Memphis Commercial Appeal, 5 Feb. 2026
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Jake Goodrick, Sacbee.com, 7 Feb. 2026
These king cobras prefer the cool, rainy montane forests along Goa’s eastern border, not the dry, lowland western part of the state, says study co-author Hinrich Kaiser, a herpetologist at Victor Valley College in California.
—Richard Kemeny, Scientific American, 6 Feb. 2026
Summer, meanwhile, which is from July through September, marks the start of the rainy season.
—Atenea Morales De La Cruz, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 Feb. 2026
Will spring be rainy in Memphis?
—Jordan Green, Memphis Commercial Appeal, 5 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rainy
wet
Adjective
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Thanks to an exceptionally wet December, death cap mushrooms — or Amanita phalloides — have proliferated along the Central Coast and in Northern California.—
Kevinisha Walker,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Feb. 2026
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Beyond Darwin’s collection, the approach could be applied across museums worldwide, offering a safer way to manage aging wet collections and preserve irreplaceable biological records.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
9 Feb. 2026
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“Rainy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rainy. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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