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Recent Examples of monsoon
International dive teams that converged on the country's Xaisomboun province, where monsoon flood waters trapped the miners last month, were heading back home on Sunday, a search coordinator told ABC News.
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Aicha El Hammar Castano, ABC News, 7 June 2026
That's weaker than the 92% estimate issued in April and would mark the poorest monsoon performance in 11 years.
—Sri Jegarajah,priyanka Salve, CNBC, 3 June 2026
These are paired with seasonal filters that let users toggle between winter, summer, monsoon season and fall to see how heat exposure shifts across the year.
—Jasmin Malik Chua, Footwear News, 2 June 2026
In the Southwest, meanwhile, El Niño can diminish the early summer monsoon season but bring unusually wet weather in the winter.
—Evan Bush, NBC news, 1 June 2026
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Aicha El Hammar Castano, ABC News, 7 June 2026
That's weaker than the 92% estimate issued in April and would mark the poorest monsoon performance in 11 years.
—Sri Jegarajah,priyanka Salve, CNBC, 3 June 2026
These are paired with seasonal filters that let users toggle between winter, summer, monsoon season and fall to see how heat exposure shifts across the year.
—Jasmin Malik Chua, Footwear News, 2 June 2026
In the Southwest, meanwhile, El Niño can diminish the early summer monsoon season but bring unusually wet weather in the winter.
—Evan Bush, NBC news, 1 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for monsoon
Noun
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The heaviest rain is expected to remain mainly south of Interstate 20, though a few heavier downpours could develop in those areas.—
Zachary Bynum,
CBS News,
16 June 2026
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Flood watches are in effect through Tuesday, but with tropical downpours and rainfall rates of 2 to 5 inches per hour, there is a strong chance they could be extended in affected areas.—
Francie Ebert,
NBC news,
15 June 2026
Noun
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When full length epic fantasy films can be shot and completed in a matter of days, how will the industry deal with such a deluge of content?—
Marcus Lim,
Variety,
16 June 2026
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Just 10 days ago, tech was nosediving, the stock market had its worst day since October 2025, and the Cboe Volatility Index was ramping up in a hurry — in part on investor concerns about how the market could digest the deluge in new SpaceX stock.—
Oliver Renick,
CNBC,
15 June 2026
Noun
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Damaging wind gusts potentially topping 75 mph will take over as the main threat later Wednesday night, with individual storms expected to merge into cohesive lines from eastern Kansas first and eventually expand to western Ohio.—
Mary Gilbert,
CNN Money,
17 June 2026
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The combination of a dangerous storm surge and the tide will cause normally dry areas near the coast to be flooded by rising waters moving inland from the shoreline.—
MIAMI HERALD HURRICANE BOT,
Miami Herald,
17 June 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 23 Jun. 2026.
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