Word: downpour
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...beginning of the town-hall meeting in Belgrade, Mont., was ominous. As Katie Gibson, the petite woman chosen to introduce President Obama, began, her soft-spoken testimony about losing medical-insurance coverage amid cancer treatment was suddenly overwhelmed by thunderclaps and a heavy downpour of rain and hailstones that reverberated through the cavernous metal airport hangar...
...exits, the escalators with the looping announcement in Cantonese, then Mandarin, then English—“Please hold the handrail” —combine to create the quintessential Hong Kong commute. The fan-wielding dancers under the park shelter, the fishermen holding rods in the downpour, the old woman shaking a metal bowl across from city hall and telling me to get out of the rain, show me that life goes on, even during typhoons...
...after the disappointment in Pennsylvania, the team proved its coach was right on an away trip to Princeton. “Our game against Princeton was ridiculous,” Hagner said. “The game was delayed because of lightning, and halfway through, there was a torrential downpour. We had to leave the field, but in the locker room the excitement and energy to go out and play was unreal. It speaks to the character of this team and how we just love playing the game and playing with each other.” Harvard eventually...
...sanguinely. "At first, I couldn't breathe, I thought my heart was going to burst out of my chest," he wrote. "But the next day I decided that even if they sent me all the collectors at once, I would simply ignore them and withstand the downpour...
...Crimson kicked off the frame unable to find the basket, and the Red Storm pounced on the opportunity, unleashing an offensive downpour led by its standout forward, Da’Shena Stevens. The 6’1 rookie sensation, who had scored eight points in the first half, doubled that total in the opening four minutes of the second, spearheading a 16-4 run that gave St. John’s a 48-33 advantage...