raindrop

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Recent Examples of raindrop With two on and two outs, Max Muncy lofted a high pop-up into the wind and thick raindrops – at least one the size of a baseball. Bill Plunkett, Oc Register, 26 June 2025 So raindrops bead right off without a mark, and fingerprints are easy to wipe away. PC Magazine, 23 June 2025 Now the raindrop splashes in the cobblestones’ puddles could have been a sign of the place itself effervescing into a new state of being. Ian Frazier, New Yorker, 9 June 2025 Those raindrops were fresh—but maybe, just maybe, a single drop contained one solitary molecule of water that was formed in the explosive final moments of a star that lived 13.6 billion years ago. Robin George Andrews, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for raindrop
Recent Examples of Synonyms for raindrop
Noun
  • Festival audiences responded with emotional intensity, including visible tears and audible gasps during the screening.
    Clayton Davis, Variety, 6 Sep. 2025
  • Anisimova could not hold back the tears in her on-court interview following the match.
    Jamie Barton, CNN Money, 6 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • There’s something about the night sounds and waking up to dewdrops on the grass that really just scratches a primal itch.
    Olivia Young, Travel + Leisure, 17 Apr. 2025
  • At that time Litoff was a dewdrop and in the caucus race, while Wei was a duck and dewdrop.
    Elizabeth Marie Himchak, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • So Kleox borrows from conventional teardrop design to put forth a solution – or a functional alternative, at least.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 3 Sep. 2025
  • The Pixel Watch series is known for its curved teardrop glass cover.
    PC Magazine, PC Magazine, 24 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • That coupled with the blood droplets in the front hallway and the front walkway, investigators were able to obtain a search warrant for the house on Southwest Sixth Avenue.
    David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 7 Sep. 2025
  • Cumberland Falls is one of only two places in the world that regularly produces moonbows — a night-time rainbow created by moonlight refracting through water droplets.
    Ray Padilla, Louisville Courier Journal, 6 Sep. 2025

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“Raindrop.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/raindrop. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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