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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
Noun
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Friday’s weather should remain chilly (by South Florida standards) at night with a low of 68 degrees.—
Grethel Aguila,
Miami Herald,
10 Nov. 2025
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Drive at a reduced speed during wet weather.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
10 Nov. 2025
Noun
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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
Noun
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The probability of lightning strikes rises as a thunderstorm approaches and peaks when the storm is directly above.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
5 Nov. 2025
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With summer kicking off, the occasional thunderstorm to start the day is inevitable this time of year in Florida.—
Bailey Richards,
PEOPLE,
30 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The food truck’s hot holding unit clearly wasn’t so hot, either, as a summer afternoon rainstorm of Stop Sales came down on oxtails, pork chop, salmon, macaroni and cheese, grits, raw chicken, raw pork, liquid eggs, raw tilapia, salmon salad, sausage and hot dogs.—
David J. Neal,
Miami Herald,
7 Nov. 2025
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The writer finished the trail in 40 days and recounted stories of strangers handing him candy bars through car windows, bar owners delivering him breakfast, a father scooping him up amid a rainstorm and a physical therapist working wonders on his knee at half her hourly rate.—
Kelly Meyerhofer,
jsonline.com,
4 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Motorists driving in the area will be affected, and individuals with respiratory problems are advised to remain indoors until the windstorm passes.—
Anna Skinner,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 Nov. 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
Noun
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Westfield's ordinance for shoveling sidewalks In Westfield, residents are responsible for having snow removed from their sidewalks within 24 hours of the completion of the snowstorm.—
Katie Wiseman,
IndyStar,
10 Nov. 2025
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As the first snowstorm of the season fell throughout the province of Ontario, Atletico Ottawa and Cavalry FC competed through treacherous snow and blizzard-like conditions in front of 13,132 fans, making for a remarkable Canadian Premier League Final.—
Joshua Kloke,
New York Times,
10 Nov. 2025
Noun
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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
Noun
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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 20 Nov. 2025.
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