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Recent Examples of rainy day
Rehearsing for a Revolution On this cool rainy day in early April, the reenactment rehearsal has drawn a surprisingly large crowd.
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Melanie Stetson Freeman, Christian Science Monitor, 17 Apr. 2025
By Gabrielle Porcaro Comments New Yorkers are no strangers to rainy days.
—Gabrielle Porcaro, Travel + Leisure, 9 Apr. 2025
Your dog probably doesn’t like getting wet and cold on rainy days, but a dog raincoat can help keep them dry and warm during those rainy day walks.
—Bestreviews, The Mercury News, 21 Mar. 2025
Putin’s bluff is being called as Putin is quickly running out of cash, with the value of Russia’s sovereign wealth fund and rainy day reserves having fallen by 50% over the last two years.
—Jeffrey Sonnenfeld and Steven Tian, TIME, 26 Feb. 2025
Scout for slugs in the early morning, at dusk, and on rainy days.
—Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 25 Feb. 2025
Excluding savings in capital projects and for borrowing, UConn expects to close this fiscal year with about $94 million in the rainy day fund for Storrs and the satellite campuses and $71 million for the health center.
—Keith M. Phaneuf, Hartford Courant, 26 Mar. 2025
The Blueprint has so far been funded by taking money from existing revenue and by diverting money from the state’s rainy day fund, leaving us with less money to meet other obligations.
—Colin Pascal, Baltimore Sun, 23 Mar. 2025
Even on past rainy days, locals say, the skies seem to part for the parade itself, and resume after the festivities.
—Jake Goodrick, Sacramento Bee, 28 Feb. 2025
Melanie Stetson Freeman, Christian Science Monitor, 17 Apr. 2025
By Gabrielle Porcaro Comments New Yorkers are no strangers to rainy days.
—Gabrielle Porcaro, Travel + Leisure, 9 Apr. 2025
Your dog probably doesn’t like getting wet and cold on rainy days, but a dog raincoat can help keep them dry and warm during those rainy day walks.
—Bestreviews, The Mercury News, 21 Mar. 2025
Putin’s bluff is being called as Putin is quickly running out of cash, with the value of Russia’s sovereign wealth fund and rainy day reserves having fallen by 50% over the last two years.
—Jeffrey Sonnenfeld and Steven Tian, TIME, 26 Feb. 2025
Scout for slugs in the early morning, at dusk, and on rainy days.
—Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 25 Feb. 2025
Excluding savings in capital projects and for borrowing, UConn expects to close this fiscal year with about $94 million in the rainy day fund for Storrs and the satellite campuses and $71 million for the health center.
—Keith M. Phaneuf, Hartford Courant, 26 Mar. 2025
The Blueprint has so far been funded by taking money from existing revenue and by diverting money from the state’s rainy day fund, leaving us with less money to meet other obligations.
—Colin Pascal, Baltimore Sun, 23 Mar. 2025
Even on past rainy days, locals say, the skies seem to part for the parade itself, and resume after the festivities.
—Jake Goodrick, Sacramento Bee, 28 Feb. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rainy day
Noun
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Last year, the United States gave $830 million in emergency aid, helping 4.4 million Sudanese, the United Nations estimates.—
Declan Walsh,
New York Times,
19 Apr. 2025
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Passengers seated in emergency exit rows should always keep shoes on for safety reasons.—
Christopher Elliott,
USA Today,
19 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Midway through the film, an I.E.D. explodes just outside the apartment building, and the sequence that follows, in which the survivors gradually regain consciousness, is a tour de force of sensory deprivation and temporal dislocation.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
4 Apr. 2025
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While some hardship builds character, suffering extreme deprivation does not guarantee success.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes.com,
3 Apr. 2025
Noun
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In the face of tragedy, Dess’s narrator memorably dramatizes the anxiety-inducing exigencies of the creative arts, and the need of artists to remain focussed on their craft.—
The New Yorker,
The New Yorker,
24 Mar. 2025
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In addition, institutions that reduce or close a program, department, college, or position because of a reinvestment plan would be able to proceed with policies and procedures associated with a declaration of financial exigency.—
Michael T. Nietzel,
Forbes,
3 Feb. 2025
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“Rainy day.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rainy%20day. Accessed 25 Apr. 2025.
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