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Recent Examples of rainsquall
The night brought rain squalls and heavy seas, but Sunday dawned fair.
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Donald Millus, Outdoor Life, 3 July 2025
Tiny clouds on the distant skyline can slowly grow into towering thunderheads, or a rain squall moving in from the coast directed by the whim of the wind.
—Ernie Cowan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Apr. 2023
On one repost of the feed to its Twitter account, viewers can see the rocket disappear from view as rain squall from the hurricane moves across the space center.
—Richard Tribou, Orlando Sentinel, 10 Nov. 2022
Donald Millus, Outdoor Life, 3 July 2025
Tiny clouds on the distant skyline can slowly grow into towering thunderheads, or a rain squall moving in from the coast directed by the whim of the wind.
—Ernie Cowan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Apr. 2023
On one repost of the feed to its Twitter account, viewers can see the rocket disappear from view as rain squall from the hurricane moves across the space center.
—Richard Tribou, Orlando Sentinel, 10 Nov. 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rainsquall
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America's population mobility has little equal on the world stage, as people continue seeking more affordable housing, better weather and new job opportunities.—
Trevor Hughes,
USA Today,
3 Nov. 2025
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Some weather models hint that rain could reach the metro, but most forecasts still show the bulk of the rain staying farther east.—
Robert A. Cronkleton,
Kansas City Star,
3 Nov. 2025
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Scheduled to play the University of Texas’ Frank Erwin Center in 2003, a freak ice storm cancelled our show.—
Melissa Ruggieri,
USA Today,
3 Nov. 2025
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How is the ice storm impacting hunters?—
Jalen Williams,
Freep.com,
15 Oct. 2025
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Uranus retrograde in Gemini, on the other hand, is equivalent to a mental thunderstorm, flooding our minds with questions and curiosities.—
Valerie Mesa,
PEOPLE,
29 Oct. 2025
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Surface winds are 58 mph (50 knots) or greater in a thunderstorm.—
Ella Gonzales,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
28 Oct. 2025
Noun
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When and How To Clean Up Leaves Don't panic if a rainstorm deposits a layer of wet leaves on your lawn.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
Southern Living,
30 Oct. 2025
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Most of the storm’s rainstorms and strong winds are clustered to the right side.—
Alex Harris,
Miami Herald,
24 Oct. 2025
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The plant was closed in 2020, after its cooling towers were damaged during a violent windstorm.—
Abhishek Bhardwaj,
Interesting Engineering,
28 Oct. 2025
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This year, workers will also need to assemble new 15-foot-strands of lights because many were broken during the windstorm that fueled the Eaton fire, Wardlaw said.—
Tribune News Service,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
25 Oct. 2025
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However, some spent two months that winter living in the woods and weathering a rare snowstorm.—
Emma Burleigh,
Fortune,
4 Nov. 2025
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Several snowstorms have already impacted the Northern United States this season.—
Anna Skinner,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Nov. 2025
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As Morgenthau tells it, Fishkill Farms began allowing customers to pick their own fruit after a major hailstorm damaged their crop in the 1980s.—
Sophie Caldwell,
CNBC,
9 Oct. 2025
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After a late-summer hailstorm caused millions of dollars in damage to a Colorado Springs neighborhood, residents expected to face some repair costs – but not the nearly $21,000 bill sent to each family by their homeowner’s association.—
Lauren Penington,
Denver Post,
4 Oct. 2025
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The whole experience tasted of the sea and the end of summer, punctuated by soft little cloudbursts on the palate.—
The Bon Appétit Staff,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
29 Sep. 2025
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The Rockies’ epic drought ended with a cloudburst of terrific pitching by Tanner Gordon and one of the feel-good moments of the season coming from a most unlikely source.—
Patrick Saunders,
Denver Post,
13 Sep. 2025
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“Rainsquall.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rainsquall. Accessed 6 Nov. 2025.
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