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Recent Examples of Synonyms for showery
Adjective
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The fish live in seasonal pools and ponds formed during the rainy season and lay their eggs in the muddy ground.—
Aspen Pflughoeft,
Miami Herald,
14 Mar. 2025 -
The beginning of the workweek could be rainy with a 40% chance of precipitation and high near 60.—
Todd Karpovich,
Baltimore Sun,
12 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Tall palm trees and bamboo and beyond them high misty mountains covered with vegetation of a deep monsoon green.—
Amitava Kumar,
The New Yorker,
8 Mar. 2025
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Whether in the misty forests of Costa Rica, the savannas of Kenya, or the rugged Highlands of Scotland, this new model of travel offers more than a vacation.—
Ashlee Marie Preston,
Forbes,
9 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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The windy conditions also will create extreme fire risk in New Mexico, Texas, and Oklahoma.—
Mark Davis,
Newsweek,
14 Mar. 2025
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The most perilous year was 2007, when windy conditions resulted in 93 balls being hit into the drink – and 50 in the first round alone.—
George Ramsay,
CNN,
13 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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On Wednesday, the weather is expected to be overcast and Sakhir expects a chance of rain on Thursday morning.—
Luke Smith,
The Athletic,
25 Feb. 2025
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Thursday will continue the trend of cold and overcast weather.—
Garfield Hylton,
Orlando Sentinel,
23 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Piers Morgan presided over a stormy encounter on his chat show, before one guest departed abruptly.—
Caroline Frost,
Deadline,
15 Mar. 2025
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Before it was built, ships had to make the long journey around the stormy tip of South America in order to travel by sea between the two oceans.—
Sarah Morland and Marianna Parraga,
USA TODAY,
28 Jan. 2025
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“Showery.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/showery. Accessed 24 Mar. 2025.
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