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  • noun Plural form of downpour.

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Examples

  • The same happens when passing rivers or in downpours, which are never lacking.

    Pestilence and Headcolds: Encountering Illness in Colonial Mexico 2008

  • The downpours will be a result of the slow-moving nature of the storm, coupled with the possibility of thundershowers, said Bonnie Bartling of the weather service's Oxnard office.

    latimes.com - News 2011

  • The downpours were the continuing aftermath of late-season

    chicagotribune.com - 2009

  • The downpours were the continuing aftermath of late-season Tropical Storm Ida, which quickly weakened once it made landfall on the U.S.

    daytondailynews.com - News ZINIE CHEN SAMPSON 2009

  • In a hurry to escape the 'downpours' on them, the cheering boats immediately turned around to go the other way, away from the bridge.

    Against the Waves 2008

  • This summer, Texas was hit by exactly the kind of downpours and flooding expected in a greenhouse world, and Las Vegas and other cities broiled in record triple-digit temperatures.

    The Truth About Denial 2007

  • That means that the number of "extreme events" such as downpours and floods has grown steadily; the most intense storms have increased by 20 percent across the United States in the past century.

    Global Warming RSS Newsfeed info@ecologicalinternet.org (Washington Post: Bill 2010

  • That means that the number of "extreme events" such as downpours and floods has grown steadily; the most intense storms have increased by 20 percent across the United States in the past century.

    Global Warming RSS Newsfeed info@ecologicalinternet.org (Washington Post: Bill 2010

  • That means that the number of "extreme events" such as downpours and floods has grown steadily; the most intense storms have increased by 20 percent across the United States in the past century.

    timesunion.com: Local Breaking News webmaster@timesunion.com 2010

  • Stephen struggled through terrible downpours that raised all the rivers.

    George Washington’s First War David A. Clary 2011

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