showery

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Adjective
  • Photos from the rainy Buckingham Palace gathering — complete with umbrellas and overcast skies — further echoed familiar scenes from the late monarch’s reign.
    Paloma Chavez, PEOPLE, 19 May 2026
  • That's it on this rainy Tuesday with 36 holes of golf on my schedule this week.
    Joe Kinsey OutKick, FOXNews.com, 19 May 2026
Adjective
  • Ciudad Perdida, Colombia Hidden deep within the misty peaks of Colombia’s Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, the ancient city of Teyuna—better known as Ciudad Perdida—is one of South America’s most extraordinary archaeological sites.
    Carla Vianna, Condé Nast Traveler, 27 Apr. 2026
  • Today’s fear that AI might wipe out vast swaths of jobs across the economy—not in some misty future, but in just a few years—is a relatively new phenomenon.
    Geoff Colvin, Fortune, 19 Apr. 2026
Adjective
  • At lower elevations, forecasters are increasingly focused on fire danger as dry vegetation combines with gusty winds and low humidity.
    Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 22 May 2026
  • Winds will be gusty on Tuesday out of the south and southwest at 10 to 25 mph.
    Steven Sosna, CBS News, 30 Apr. 2026
Adjective
  • Winds will be blustery; out of the northwest 10 to 20 mph gusting up to 30 MPH at times.
    Steven Sosna, CBS News, 14 May 2026
  • Set along the cold, deep waters of Islay’s village of Port Ellen, the hotel is well placed for long blustery walks along the Three Distilleries Pathway, which takes you to the island’s heavy hitters of Laphroaig, Lagavulin, and, of course, Ardbeg.
    Travel + Leisure Editors, Travel + Leisure, 15 Apr. 2026
Adjective
  • Plan to visit from September to March, when the weather’s at its driest and least windy.
    Skyli Alvarez, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 May 2026
  • Fire weather also impacting the Plains and Southwest Parts of the Plains and Southeast are also expecting critical fire weather conditions to continue into this week amid widespread warm, dry and windy conditions.
    Kyle Reiman, ABC News, 17 May 2026
Adjective
  • Photos from the rainy Buckingham Palace gathering — complete with umbrellas and overcast skies — further echoed familiar scenes from the late monarch’s reign.
    Paloma Chavez, PEOPLE, 19 May 2026
  • Plant on an overcast day and—during the first few days—shade young plants and protect them from strong winds.
    Nadia Hassani, The Spruce, 19 May 2026
Adjective
  • The singer, actor, and dancer Liza Minnelli has had a legendarily stormy life.
    Sheldon Pearce, New Yorker, 15 May 2026
  • Eric Sorensen changed channels in spring 2021 from starring on sunny local TV to running for Congress in a stormy midterm election season.
    Jay Stahl, USA Today, 14 May 2026
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“Showery.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/showery. Accessed 24 May. 2026.

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