as in to survive
to come safely through
we've weathered worse crises, and so we'll survive this one
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as in thunderstorm
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Recent Examples of weather
Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 July 2025
Fortunately, we had been warned about Nordkapp’s chilly weather and came prepared with four layers of clothes, hats and gloves.
—Dan Fellner, AZCentral.com, 6 July 2025
Greg Beacham, Los Angeles Times, 29 June 2025
Weathered | 2024 | United States | Patrick Jang | Midwest Premiere | Three teenagers openly share personal stories of struggle, resilience and growth in this exploratory documentary that highlights the incredible teenage ability to weather through tumultuous inner battles.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 25 June 2025
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Verb
Experience will soon allow businesses to determine the distances, sidewalk conditions, regulatory constraints and weather conditions where robots can be successful.
—Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 July 2025
Fortunately, we had been warned about Nordkapp’s chilly weather and came prepared with four layers of clothes, hats and gloves.
—Dan Fellner, AZCentral.com, 6 July 2025
Noun
Paul beat Chávez by unanimous decision Saturday night at the Honda Center in Anaheim, dominating the early rounds before weathering Chávez’s late rally for his sixth consecutive win.
—Greg Beacham, Los Angeles Times, 29 June 2025
Weathered | 2024 | United States | Patrick Jang | Midwest Premiere | Three teenagers openly share personal stories of struggle, resilience and growth in this exploratory documentary that highlights the incredible teenage ability to weather through tumultuous inner battles.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 25 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for weather
Verb
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The measure narrowly survived the Senate after a marathon session ended with Vice President JD Vance casting the tie-breaking vote Tuesday.—
Caitlin Yilek
July 1,
CBS News,
1 July 2025
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To survive, pedal builders are doing something unusual in a competitive business: turning to one another for help.—
Jim Edwards,
Fortune,
1 July 2025
Noun
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Atlanta was experiencing thunderstorms on Tuesday night and several pictures surfaced of an ominous looking cloud near the Atlanta Braves baseball stadium.—
Marshall Shepherd,
Forbes.com,
2 July 2025
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The best chance for rain may hold off until the weekend as showers and thunderstorms spread into the area, the weather service said.—
Robert A. Cronkleton,
Kansas City Star,
1 July 2025
Noun
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New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts are possible in thunderstorms.—
Haadiza Ogwude,
The Enquirer,
11 July 2025
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The mesoscale conductive vortex essentially spun the remnants of a tropical system, causing significant ascent or rising motion to activate that moisture into condensation and precipitation in an efficient manner, according to Shepherd.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
7 July 2025
Noun
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In a sudden forecast turnabout, metro Detroit went from April thundershowers and tornado warnings one day to a warm, sunny day the next, with temperatures in the upcoming week expected to reach the 70s.—
Frank Witsil,
Detroit Free Press,
6 Apr. 2023
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Not your generic, garden-variety thundershower.—
Paul Douglas,
Star Tribune,
29 Apr. 2021
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The National Guard was deployed in Texas to respond after heavy rain on Friday morning caused the Guadalupe River to rise nearly 30 feet in 45 minutes.—
Rachel Wolf , Alexandra Koch,
FOXNews.com,
5 July 2025
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By Thursday evening, five inches of rain had fallen in parts of western Texas, including Midland and Odessa.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
5 July 2025
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“Weather.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/weather. Accessed 16 Jul. 2025.
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