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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
rain .
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Examples
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Hunt would say, for some slept on rafters, cross-beams, etc. Still it poured down; still the fountains of heaven gushed _forth_, fifth, tenth, or twentieth; anyhow, it continued to rain, and at daybreak it rained yet, and the regiment moved on to Mingo Flats; drove in the rebel pickets; heard the Secesh varmints beat the long roll; knew they were scared; _and still it rained_!
Incidents of the War: Humorous, Pathetic, and Descriptive Alf Burnett
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Tadpoles, along with small fish, have rained from the sky on more than one location in the country.
Archive 2009-06-01 2009
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Tadpoles, along with small fish, have rained from the sky on more than one location in the country.
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BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) - Stung by the cascade of boos that rained from the crowd at the end of the second period, Sabres forward Thomas Vanek gave Buffalo fans something big to cheer about in the third.
USATODAY.com 2007
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It rained from the ceiling ... the ENTIRE CEILING ... and that created swampland out of my carpet.
Home...Home on the Flood Zone... rabid1st 2006
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Phone calls rained into the congressional offices over the past 36 hours.
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Phone calls rained into the congressional offices over the past 36 hours.
Pandora 2008
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Phone calls rained into the congressional offices over the past 36 hours.
Digital Podcast » Digital Podcast focuses on using new and social media to build real businesses. 2008
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Phone calls rained into the congressional offices over the past 36 hours.
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The Baghdad Police College, hailed as crucial to U.S. efforts to prepare Iraqis to take control of the country’s security, was so poorly constructed that feces and urine rained from the ceilings in student barracks.
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