as in rainfall
a light or fine rain
as I wandered around the city, the late afternoon mizzle seemed the perfect accompaniment to my melancholy mood
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Noun
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After heavy rainfall, water is collected in a rain garden and slowly absorbed back into the soil, nourishing any native flowers and greenery planted around it in the process.—
Nishaa Sharma,
The Spruce,
26 Jan. 2026 -
Monday's situation at the airport was much calmer, despite below-freezing temperatures that caused the weekend's rainfall to turn back into ice.—
Dan Raby,
CBS News,
26 Jan. 2026
Verb
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Austin Abrams stars as a scuba diver who, while searching for his father’s (Josh Brolin) body, gets swallowed and must find a way to escape.—
Emily Temple,
Literary Hub,
12 Jan. 2026
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Set in 1977, during Brazil’s military dictatorship, the thriller details Armando and his son in their efforts to escape the country in the midst of political turmoil.—
Yamillah Hurtado,
PEOPLE,
12 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Boy Smells makes playful body and hair mists that come in seven scents, including Cherry Slay and Lycheelicious.—
Andrea Navarro,
Glamour,
29 Jan. 2026
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Crying through the bloody mist.—
Mike Stunson,
Forbes.com,
28 Jan. 2026
Verb
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No studio would finance the feature, about a whorehouse exhibitionist who lams it after being framed for murder — so director Melvin Van Peebles financed it himself with a boost from Bill Cosby, who gave him a $50,000 loan.—
Andrew Lawrence,
Peoplemag,
17 Feb. 2024
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One of those classic films that’s as good as its reputation (and maybe even better), Billy Wilder’s high-spirited comedy stars Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon as jazz musicians who have to lam it after witnessing a mob crime.—
Keith Phipps,
Rolling Stone,
1 May 2023
Noun
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The next cold front will move through the area on Friday, potentially bringing additional precipitation.—
Lauren Bostwick,
CBS News,
25 Jan. 2026
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At the same time, the Arkansas, Louisiana and Texas region was seeing mixed precipitation of sleet and freezing rain, with many of these areas reporting temperatures in the single digits and teens, the weather service added.—
Jeanine Santucci,
USA Today,
25 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Despite the midweek drizzle, the dining room was busy, with attentive service and fast-moving food.—
Angela Lian,
Travel + Leisure,
10 Jan. 2026
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People braved a cool drizzle to gather at Kansas City’s Ilus Davis Park outside City Hall Thursday evening to remember Good.—
Kendrick Calfee
January 10,
Kansas City Star,
10 Jan. 2026
Verb
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Taylor Tomlinson will host After Midnight, the show that is replacing The Late Late Show now that James Corden has scarpered off to old Blighty.—
Vulture,
Vulture,
1 Nov. 2023
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Idrissa Gueye has scarpered, but that void was instantly filled by Mainz midfielder Jean-Philippe Gbamin - while Moise Kean, goodness knows how, has signed from Juventus to sharpen things up front.—
SI.com,
SI.com,
5 Aug. 2019
Verb
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Some of those clans have since dwindled or decamped for more populated areas.—
Rachel Monroe,
New Yorker,
21 Jan. 2026
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Mid-meal, my sister and cousins, tired of all that sitting, would decamp to my grandmother’s room with its two single beds spaced at just the right distance for leaping between.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
20 Jan. 2026
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“Mizzle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mizzle. Accessed 1 Feb. 2026.
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