1
as in pouring
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 showering
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 raining
No one was laughing at Fenway Park, however, with loud boos raining down when Acuña crossed the plate and even louder boos following after the inning eventually ended.
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Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 28 May 2026
But, in 2026, to be sure, it’s been raining on the field for six months straight.
—Brian Westover, PC Magazine, 28 May 2026
Connie served as a navigator on a bomber crew in World War II, and earned two Distinguished Flying Crosses for raining death from the sky on Nazi forces throughout Europe.
—David Hookstead Outkick, FOXNews.com, 25 May 2026
While not raining the entire time, wet weather will be around for a number of hours both days.
—Cutter Martin, CBS News, 19 May 2026
Four good friends and fellow volunteers vaporized in a fireball, their debris raining down to the sea, their bodies never seen again.
—Rick Jervis, USA Today, 18 May 2026
The Knicks weren’t raining jumpers from everywhere.
—C.j. Holmes, New York Daily News, 7 May 2026
The Iraqi child who showed me his drawing of a sky raining with bombs.
—Literary Hub, 28 Apr. 2026
Letlow is not handily defeating Cassidy at this point in the race, and pro-Cassidy outside spending — mostly raining down on Letlow — dwarfs his opponents.
—Burgess Everett, semafor.com, 24 Apr. 2026
Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 28 May 2026
But, in 2026, to be sure, it’s been raining on the field for six months straight.
—Brian Westover, PC Magazine, 28 May 2026
Connie served as a navigator on a bomber crew in World War II, and earned two Distinguished Flying Crosses for raining death from the sky on Nazi forces throughout Europe.
—David Hookstead Outkick, FOXNews.com, 25 May 2026
While not raining the entire time, wet weather will be around for a number of hours both days.
—Cutter Martin, CBS News, 19 May 2026
Four good friends and fellow volunteers vaporized in a fireball, their debris raining down to the sea, their bodies never seen again.
—Rick Jervis, USA Today, 18 May 2026
The Knicks weren’t raining jumpers from everywhere.
—C.j. Holmes, New York Daily News, 7 May 2026
The Iraqi child who showed me his drawing of a sky raining with bombs.
—Literary Hub, 28 Apr. 2026
Letlow is not handily defeating Cassidy at this point in the race, and pro-Cassidy outside spending — mostly raining down on Letlow — dwarfs his opponents.
—Burgess Everett, semafor.com, 24 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for raining
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Police said the suspect was wearing a blue shirt and jeans when he was seen on security footage pouring milk on the vehicle and then slashing the tires.—
Jennifer McRae,
CBS News,
9 June 2026
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Han Cha and Yunomi began pouring in the South Shore neighborhood on June 5.—
Louisa Kung Liu Chu,
Chicago Tribune,
9 June 2026
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For all the prior cinematic depictions of storming bunkers and camaraderie under fire, Pressure offers us the quiet heroism of rational restraint in the figure of James Stagg, who weathered his inner storms and bore the courage to be disliked.—
Daniel Jonah Wolpert,
NPR,
29 May 2026
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This revolutionary fervor culminated in both Fidel and Raúl, with roughly 140 rebel revolutionaries in tow, storming Cuba’s second-largest military installation, the Moncada Barracks, in July 1953.—
Drew Pittock,
USA Today,
20 May 2026
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Grounds are already saturated, so additional rainfall will lead to flooding in low-lying areas across parts of North Texas.—
Lauren Bostwick,
CBS News,
6 June 2026
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Win or lose, the plays will be clipped incessantly, jammed into highlight reels or viral tweets, and B-roll of fans flooding the streets past subway stops adorned in Knicks colors and Timberlands will be plastered all over a thousand documentaries.—
Kyle Wagner,
New York Daily News,
3 June 2026
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“Raining.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/raining. Accessed 10 Jun. 2026.
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