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Recent Examples of raindrop
This is why a prism or a raindrop breaks light up into separate colors to create a rainbow.
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Phil Plait, Scientific American, 15 May 2025
As fat raindrops sent onlookers scurrying for cover, the two course partners finished with respective 66 and 67 scores on the day and knotted at six-under atop the early leaderboard.
—Luca Evans, Denver Post, 27 June 2025
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
As the first looks emerged, raindrops fell, then lightning cracked crisply across the sky.
—Rhonda Richford, Footwear News, 26 June 2025
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Phil Plait, Scientific American, 15 May 2025
As fat raindrops sent onlookers scurrying for cover, the two course partners finished with respective 66 and 67 scores on the day and knotted at six-under atop the early leaderboard.
—Luca Evans, Denver Post, 27 June 2025
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
As the first looks emerged, raindrops fell, then lightning cracked crisply across the sky.
—Rhonda Richford, Footwear News, 26 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for raindrop
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Wet Brush Pro Detangler Hair Brush Remember being eight years old, with tears in your eyes as your mom tore through your tangles after bath time?—
Annie Blackman,
Glamour,
11 Aug. 2025
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Unfortunately, the tennis player was forced to withdraw from the rest of the tournament after struggling with an abdominal tear.—
Jolene Latimer,
People.com,
11 Aug. 2025
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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
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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
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The helicopter departed Downtown Manhattan/Wall Street Heliport in New York City and flew in a teardrop pattern south of the Statue of Liberty, according to flight tracking data obtained from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).—
Alexandra Koch,
FOXNews.com,
7 May 2025
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Second, the thinner design of the hinge provides more area inside the hinge assembly for the flexible glass to form a teardrop shape when the phone is closed.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
17 July 2025
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Inhaling contaminated water droplets is the typical way of getting infected with Legionella and not through person-to-person transmission.—
Bruce Y. Lee,
Forbes.com,
6 Aug. 2025
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Face shields that can block large droplets and large aerosols without the discomfort of masks might be one way to reduce cow-to-human infections among workers.—
Stephanie Pappas,
Scientific American,
5 Aug. 2025
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“Raindrop.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/raindrop. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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