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Recent Examples of raindrop
With two on and two outs, Max Muncy lofted a high pop-up into the wind and thick raindrops – at least one the size of a baseball.
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Bill Plunkett, Oc Register, 26 June 2025
As the first looks emerged, raindrops fell, then lightning cracked crisply across the sky.
—Rhonda Richford, Footwear News, 26 June 2025
And while a few raindrops fell, the weather was a nonissue.
—Ellen Mitchell, The Hill, 15 June 2025
And while a few raindrops fell, severe storms held off and allowed the event to proceed mostly as planned with thousands of onlookers gathered along the parade route.
—Brett Samuels, The Hill, 15 June 2025
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Bill Plunkett, Oc Register, 26 June 2025
As the first looks emerged, raindrops fell, then lightning cracked crisply across the sky.
—Rhonda Richford, Footwear News, 26 June 2025
And while a few raindrops fell, the weather was a nonissue.
—Ellen Mitchell, The Hill, 15 June 2025
And while a few raindrops fell, severe storms held off and allowed the event to proceed mostly as planned with thousands of onlookers gathered along the parade route.
—Brett Samuels, The Hill, 15 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for raindrop
Noun
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Achilles tears generally take up to a year to recover from, though some athletes have returned to their respective sports sooner.—
Scott Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
7 July 2025
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There were tears, along with a goal celebration that made little sense.—
Megan Feringa,
New York Times,
6 July 2025
Noun
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There’s something about the night sounds and waking up to dewdrops on the grass that really just scratches a primal itch.—
Olivia Young,
Travel + Leisure,
17 Apr. 2025
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At that time Litoff was a dewdrop and in the caucus race, while Wei was a duck and dewdrop.—
Elizabeth Marie Himchak,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
26 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Acheulean tools were known for more refined hand axes that had a pear or teardrop shape and were better at butchering wild game.—
Jack Knudson,
Discover Magazine,
3 July 2025
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This teardrop of an island sits along the country’s eastern fringe, and its proximity to the Philippine Trench, a deep marine canyon, makes for formidable waves.—
Jeff Chu,
Travel + Leisure,
16 June 2025
Noun
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The last reported occurrence of human-to-human transmission was reported in 1924, according to the National Institutes of Health, and is typically spread through respiratory droplets.—
Sonam Sheth
Gabe Whisnant,
MSNBC Newsweek,
11 July 2025
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Measles, a highly contagious and sometimes fatal viral disease spread through respiratory droplets, was declared eliminated in the U.S. in 2000.—
Muri Assunção,
New York Daily News,
9 July 2025
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“Raindrop.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/raindrop. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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