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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
There were tears and hugs among the 42-strong teammates, as confetti and streamers rained down.
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Lars Brandle, Billboard, 10 Sep. 2025
As boos rained down from the Philly crowd, the former first round pick out of Georgia walked off the field, holding his helmet without a single drop of sweat on his face.
—Jacob Lev, CNN Money, 5 Sep. 2025
For the next six hours, both gentle showers and torrential thunderstorms rained down, dropping about an inch of rain on Manchester, according to the National Weather Service.
—Audrey Gibbs, The Tennessean, 3 Sep. 2025
Then on Thursday, Russian missiles and drones rained on Kyiv, causing multiple deaths and injuries.
—Angie Leventis Lourgos, Chicago Tribune, 1 Sep. 2025
Corporate patronage, driven by the hype surrounding indie, also rained paydays on off-beat artists.
—Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 29 Aug. 2025
The video shows staff staring in disbelief as jagged shards rained down, littering the floor in the immediate aftermath.
—Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 19 Aug. 2025
Instead, the rocket broke apart and rained debris over the Bahamas and the Turks and Caicos Islands more than 1,500 miles downrange from Starbase.
—Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 15 Aug. 2025
The drones alone carried as much as 1,700 metric tons of explosives that rained down on Ukrainian cities and infrastructure.
—Katya Soldak, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2025
Lars Brandle, Billboard, 10 Sep. 2025
As boos rained down from the Philly crowd, the former first round pick out of Georgia walked off the field, holding his helmet without a single drop of sweat on his face.
—Jacob Lev, CNN Money, 5 Sep. 2025
For the next six hours, both gentle showers and torrential thunderstorms rained down, dropping about an inch of rain on Manchester, according to the National Weather Service.
—Audrey Gibbs, The Tennessean, 3 Sep. 2025
Then on Thursday, Russian missiles and drones rained on Kyiv, causing multiple deaths and injuries.
—Angie Leventis Lourgos, Chicago Tribune, 1 Sep. 2025
Corporate patronage, driven by the hype surrounding indie, also rained paydays on off-beat artists.
—Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 29 Aug. 2025
The video shows staff staring in disbelief as jagged shards rained down, littering the floor in the immediate aftermath.
—Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 19 Aug. 2025
Instead, the rocket broke apart and rained debris over the Bahamas and the Turks and Caicos Islands more than 1,500 miles downrange from Starbase.
—Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 15 Aug. 2025
The drones alone carried as much as 1,700 metric tons of explosives that rained down on Ukrainian cities and infrastructure.
—Katya Soldak, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rained
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Following the death of conservative activist Charlie Kirk on September 10 during a speaking engagement at Utah Valley University, tributes have poured in from across the country—including from several Dancing With the Stars alumni.—
Amanda Castro,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Sep. 2025
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Additional donations, including several of $100 or more, poured in after the hearing.—
Dakin Andone,
CNN Money,
16 Sep. 2025
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The dish, which is beg enough for two to share, comes with wafer thin Chinese pancakes and a platter heaped with romaine salad, sambals, herbs, wasabi kosho and yuzu.—
Katie Kelly Bell,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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The incident heaped pressure on Merkel and her migration policies.—
Sebastian Shukla,
CNN Money,
5 Sep. 2025
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In one incident, his attorney said, Egyptian forces with machine guns stormed into an apartment where Soliman was asleep with his wife and young child.—
Hannah Allam,
ProPublica,
10 Sep. 2025
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Advertisement Advertisement Protesters stormed the Parliament in Kathmandu, and police responded with tear gas, rubber bullets, water cannons, and, according to human rights organization Amnesty International, live ammunition.—
Chad de Guzman,
Time,
9 Sep. 2025
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And yet part of the quarterback’s allure is that, for all the worship lavished on those in the position, there is still a mystery about them.—
Seth Wickersham,
The Atlantic,
8 Sep. 2025
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Meanwhile, for all the time lavished upon Tom’s grief or Robbie’s, far less attention is directed toward some of the other characters in their periphery, who’ve struggled just as much if not more.—
Angie Han,
HollywoodReporter,
28 Aug. 2025
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More than $18 billion has flooded into more than 200 biotechnology companies touting AI to expedite development, with 75 drugs or vaccines entering clinical trials, according to Boston Consulting Group.—
Sasha Rogelberg,
Fortune,
12 Sep. 2025
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Friends and fans alike flooded the actor’s comment section with birthday wishes.—
Elizabeth Ayoola,
Essence,
12 Sep. 2025
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Zimmerman showered Leader with love and took her to obedience classes, offered rewards like liver or chicken during positive training sessions, and made sure to socialize her by having as many different people as possible pet her.—
Jen Reeder,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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In its normal nickel package, Witherspoon moves inside, and Woolen plays opposite Josh Jobe, who was showered with praise by his head coach this week.—
Michael-Shawn Dugar,
New York Times,
11 Sep. 2025
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In the laconic tones of a police report, Ibargüengoitia investigates the murders and their motives, the society and the profession - the oldest of all, but no less mysterious for that - which precipitated them.—
Paul Tassi,
Forbes.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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Outrage over the video, however, also was blamed for riots and the Defund the Police movement, which many now consider a mistake that might have precipitated a rise in violent crime in some cities (the statistics are often debated).—
James Hibberd,
HollywoodReporter,
12 Sep. 2025
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“Rained.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rained. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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