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s leet

  • n  partially melted snow (or a mixture of rain and snow)
  • v  precipitate as a mixture of rain and snow
    If the temperature rises above freezing, it will probably sleet

  • Neither rain, nor snow nor sleet from a huge storm the night before could dampen the militancy of the aging all-stars of 60 years of Arab conflict with Israel gathered at a trade .
  • Like Huck, young Jack had no social insight; he accepted violence and duplicity the way he regarded sleet and fireas aspects of earthly life.
  • At Grant's second inauguration ball, the shivering guests danced with their overcoats on, and William Howard Taft's inauguration was attended by snow, sleet and storm.
News & Articles

  • Verona-Cedar Grove Engagement Announcement: Iris Leibowitz to wed Christopher Sleet
    Mr. and Mrs. Mark Leibowitz of Cedar Grove are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter Iris Leibowitz to Christopher Sleet, son of Mr. and Mrs. Gregory Sleet of East Greenwich Township.
    June 18, 2013 - The Record
  • New retractable walls go up at Missoula's Caras Park pavilion
    Neither rain, nor sleet, nor snow can stop festivities at the Caras Park pavilion now that the popular downtown event center has installed a retractable wall system.
    June 18, 2013 - Missoulian
  • May showers better than average
    Rain, snow, hail and sleet and that was just May. After a couple of years of drought conditions and unseasonably high temperatures, Pratt experienced weather in May that was much more like an average May but with better precipitation. The weather station 1.6 miles south-southeast of Pratt reports a total of 6.49 inches of precipitation for the entire year so far, said Extension State ...
    June 18, 2013 - The Pratt Tribune
Quotes

  • Lovie Smith in Los Angeles Times
    The last game, we played in snow, sleet, rain,Bears coach Lovie Smith said. "That's Chicago Bears weather."
  • Mike Sellers in International Herald Tribune
    The days you don't want to go out to practice, and the days you're tired and you're hurting, you look at his locker and you get inspiration,fullback Mike Sellers said. "Because rain, sleet or snow, Sean was coming to play or practice. He...
  • Mike Huckabee in Forbes
    Our voters are like the Post Office - neither rain, nor sleet, nor snow will hopefully keep them away,Huckabee told reporters at a polling place Saturday morning in Columbia, SC "What we're expecting is that our voters are committed and...

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