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as in poured
to fall as water in a continuous stream of drops from the clouds
it started raining early this morning and hasn't let up since
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as in heaped
to give readily and in large quantities
she rained praise upon her graduating students the squadron rained bombs on the enemy's fortifications
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Recent Examples of rained
Stones as large as grapefruits rained down on houses and cars.
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Martin E. Comas, The Orlando Sentinel, 14 June 2026
The crowd wasn’t quiet for long, however, as Clark once again put the Hughes jersey back on for his walk to the green, and the boos rained down.
—Ryan Canfield, FOXNews.com, 13 June 2026
Confetti rained down as trading began.
—Leonard David, Space.com, 12 June 2026
On Monday night, that park seemed so far away as Knicks fans rained vulgarities down on Wembanyama and his teammates inside Madison Square Garden.
—Andrew Greif, NBC news, 11 June 2026
Rainbows rained on Boston Saturday.
—Boston Herald Staff, Boston Herald, 6 June 2026
Two security guards at Frost Bank Center scrambled to usher the man off the court while the boos rained down from the crowd.
—Daniel S. Levine, PEOPLE, 4 June 2026
Once again, Let’s Go Knicks chants rained down from the stands, the Frost Bank Center soundboard operator attempting to drown the chants out by increasing the volume of the in-arena music.
—Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 4 June 2026
The entire squad, coaches and backroom staff jumped in delight on the podium as gold confetti rained down around them.
—Ben Church, CNN Money, 30 May 2026
Martin E. Comas, The Orlando Sentinel, 14 June 2026
The crowd wasn’t quiet for long, however, as Clark once again put the Hughes jersey back on for his walk to the green, and the boos rained down.
—Ryan Canfield, FOXNews.com, 13 June 2026
Confetti rained down as trading began.
—Leonard David, Space.com, 12 June 2026
On Monday night, that park seemed so far away as Knicks fans rained vulgarities down on Wembanyama and his teammates inside Madison Square Garden.
—Andrew Greif, NBC news, 11 June 2026
Rainbows rained on Boston Saturday.
—Boston Herald Staff, Boston Herald, 6 June 2026
Two security guards at Frost Bank Center scrambled to usher the man off the court while the boos rained down from the crowd.
—Daniel S. Levine, PEOPLE, 4 June 2026
Once again, Let’s Go Knicks chants rained down from the stands, the Frost Bank Center soundboard operator attempting to drown the chants out by increasing the volume of the in-arena music.
—Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 4 June 2026
The entire squad, coaches and backroom staff jumped in delight on the podium as gold confetti rained down around them.
—Ben Church, CNN Money, 30 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rained
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Good old Michelob beer sold in red, white, and blue cans poured from the concessions; helicopters choppered overhead for a flyover and movie stars got face time.—
Dana O’Neil,
CNN Money,
13 June 2026
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From hand pumps in British pubs to wet foam in Czech cafes, beer is poured a variety of ways throughout the world and in various glassware.—
Em Sauter,
Forbes.com,
13 June 2026
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Little surprise that the pair explore the wider context of Brazil’s 1970 World Cup triumph, namely the military dictatorship that sapped national pride and heaped enormous pressure on a team — one who’d stunk up the tournament four years earlier — to restore it.—
Jon O'Brien,
Vulture,
10 June 2026
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Nick Immaculata from Preservation Distillery might be, especially after seeing the praise heaped upon it from the eternally online whiskey world.—
Jonah Flicker,
Robb Report,
24 May 2026
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New York stormed back from 29 points down in Game 4 to shock San Antonio.—
Ryan Gaydos,
FOXNews.com,
14 June 2026
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No one has successfully stormed the cockpit of a commercial aircraft flying in the US since the September 11, 2001 attacks, but some experts say more could be done to prevent it.—
Maureen O'Hare,
CNN Money,
13 June 2026
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Likewise, Wong’s bricks are beyond compare in the attention lavished on each individual building block.—
Lori Waxman,
Chicago Tribune,
10 June 2026
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An obvious contributor, also cited by Powell, is the king’s ransom being lavished on AI data centers, projected to reach almost $1 trillion this year, multiples of the number three years ago.—
Shawn Tully,
Fortune,
19 May 2026
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David Grunfeld/The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate via AP Coni Dubois said several inches of water flooded her home overnight in Houma, southwest of New Orleans, but others in the community had worse damage.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
19 June 2026
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Reifel responds to Bethlehem, PA, mayor's comments When Reifel got his phone back, it was flooded with messages.—
Taylor Ardrey,
USA Today,
18 June 2026
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Beer was showered over the crowd, firecrackers set off and Mexican flags waved high in the sky against the setting sun.—
Clara Harter,
Los Angeles Times,
19 June 2026
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So as the team made its way up the Canyon of Heroes Thursday morning, it was showered instead with shredded office paper and blue and orange confetti.—
Jean E. Palmieri,
Footwear News,
18 June 2026
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The 2002 crash, which was caught on camera and precipitated the Forest Service’s reckoning and its modern airworthiness program, was caused by unidentified wing cracking.—
Abe Streep,
ProPublica,
9 June 2026
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That precipitated this rapid process.—
Chandler Rome,
New York Times,
5 June 2026
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