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- noun Plural form of
rainstorm .
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Examples
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Especially in rainstorms ... the way you drive a Pulmonia through really deep water it seems is to go as fast as you can, even if it means hydroplaning.
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When the sultry summer air has become pregnant with poisonous vapors and miasmas, atmospheric crises, such as rainstorms, thunder, lightning and electric storms, cool and purify the air and charge it anew with life-giving ozone.
Nature Cure Henry Lindlahr 1893
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There's plenty in this play to see, hear and even (during "rainstorms") to feel, for kids and adults alike.
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There's plenty in this play to see, hear and even (during "rainstorms") to feel, for kids and adults alike.
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There's plenty in this play to see, hear and even (during "rainstorms") to feel, for kids and adults alike.
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But it will take several large rainstorms to break the drought.
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But it will take several large rainstorms to break the drought.
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In researching Losing Ground, EWG filmed Iowa farmland from the air to show graphically how recent rainstorms washed away tons of soil.
Donald Carr: Watching the Future Wash Away Donald Carr 2011
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The Fujian observatory said that Nanmadol is most likely to make landfall over the southern part of the province, bringing gales and rainstorms.
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A week ago, Hurricane Irene pummeled the East Coast, whipping the coastline from the Carolinas to New York before turning inland and socking parts of upstate New York and New England with record rainstorms.
Obama Pledges Help in Irene Recovery Jeff Bater 2011
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