1
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
But in the match’s two mandatory hydration breaks, loud boos rained down from the stands.
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Charles Baggarly,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
18 June 2026
Up in the stands, fans waved their own flags — including some sneaked in over the objections of FIFA and the courts — and wrestled with emotions, as boos, howls and hisses rained down from all corners of the stadium.
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Rick Maese,
Washington Post,
16 June 2026
While the majority of the rock vaporized, the remaining fragments rained down harmlessly into the waters of Cape Cod Bay.
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Shawn Laatsch,
The Conversation,
15 June 2026
After Diego Lopes’ finish of Steve Garcia in the opener, beer rained from the sky as zealous fans threw cups — doubling as a nod of gratitude to the clouds overhead, which held back from dumping actual rain and thunderstorms that had threatened the evening.
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Mark Puleo,
New York Times,
15 June 2026
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.
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Ryan Canfield,
FOXNews.com,
13 June 2026
Confetti rained down as trading began.
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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.
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Andrew Greif,
NBC news,
11 June 2026
Charles Baggarly,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
18 June 2026
Up in the stands, fans waved their own flags — including some sneaked in over the objections of FIFA and the courts — and wrestled with emotions, as boos, howls and hisses rained down from all corners of the stadium.
—
Rick Maese,
Washington Post,
16 June 2026
While the majority of the rock vaporized, the remaining fragments rained down harmlessly into the waters of Cape Cod Bay.
—
Shawn Laatsch,
The Conversation,
15 June 2026
After Diego Lopes’ finish of Steve Garcia in the opener, beer rained from the sky as zealous fans threw cups — doubling as a nod of gratitude to the clouds overhead, which held back from dumping actual rain and thunderstorms that had threatened the evening.
—
Mark Puleo,
New York Times,
15 June 2026
Stones as large as grapefruits rained down on houses and cars.
—
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rained
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Clark had a collection of par saves around the turn as Scottie Scheffler was making a move and poured it on with a fairway metal to get within four feet for eagle on the par-five 16th for an even-par 70 that gave him a six-shot lead.
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Clark had a collection of par saves around the turn as Scottie Scheffler was making a move and poured it on with a 3-wood to 4 feet for eagle on the par-5 16th, leading to an even-par 70 that gave him a six-shot edge going into the final round.
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The Angels manager also heaped praise on his friend when asked what makes Kotsay special.
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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.
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Center talent and depth was undeniably one of the reasons Colorado stormed through the regular season as the league’s top team and breezed by Los Angeles and Minnesota in the first two rounds of the playoffs.
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Disgruntled, the policemen stormed out of the house.
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Likewise, Wong’s bricks are beyond compare in the attention lavished on each individual building block.
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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.
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Videos have flooded social media platforms in the hours since the earthquakes hit Venezuela, with people both inside and outside the country using them to gauge the extent of the destruction, and check if the homes of uncontactable family members are safe.
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So the place is half-flooded, there’s barely enough money on hand to operate, and food supplies are minimal.
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The Cruel Intentions star was showered with love in the comments section.
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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.
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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.
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That precipitated this rapid process.
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