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• n  very light rain; stronger than mist but less than a shower
• v  rain lightly
  When it drizzles in summer, hiking can be pleasant
• v  moisten with fine drops
  drizzle the meat with melted butter

• The University of Chicago paleontologist had been chipping his way through an ancient rock formation in an icy drizzle near Bird Fjord on Canada's Ellesmere Island last July when .
• On shore, a gentle drizzle ruined the coiffures of women who had long looked forward to the reunions.
• But state food and agriculture department officials responsible for the anti-medfly campaign have stood under a drizzle of the pesticide showering from a helicopter.

• mizzle
• moisten

News & Articles

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• West Indies win toss and ask South Africa to bat
  (Reuters) - West Indies won the toss and asked South Africa to bat in their Champions Trophy Group B match in Cardiff on Friday. Morning rain reduced the match to 36 overs a side, which could be cut further after the covers were brought out 10 minutes before the scheduled start because of light drizzle. The winners will qualify for next week's semi-finals. Fast bowler Dale Steyn returned to the ...
  June 14, 2013 - Reuters via Yahoo! News
• Cricket-West Indies win toss and ask South Africa to bat
  June 14 (Reuters) - West Indies won the toss and asked South Africa to bat in their Champions Trophy Group B match in Cardiff on Friday. Morning rain reduced the match to 36 overs a side, which could be cut further after the covers were brought out 10 minutes before the scheduled start because of light drizzle. The winners will qualify for next week's semi-finals. Fast bowler Dale Steyn returned ...
  June 14, 2013 - Reuters via Yahoo! Sports
• AUSTIN DANFORTH
  WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. -- A constant drizzle added a slippery coat to a foreign setting at Williams College -- perhaps the first site of a Vermont high school playoff contest in Massachusetts.
  June 14, 2013 - Bennington Banner

Quotes

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• Michael Eavis in ITV.com
  Mr Eavis said: "This is the best place in Britain to be at the moment. We have been so lucky with the weather, I promise you. It's not even raining - there was some drizzle for about an hour-and-a-half."
• Carson Palmer in USA Today
  It was tough,said Bengals quarterback Carson Palmer, who was 21-of-29 for 189 yards. "We were expecting a light drizzle, but it was pouring. I'm just thankful it let up at the end and gave both teams a chance to throw the ball."
• Lewis Hamilton in Times Online
  The team didn't say anything so I though I was shot,Hamilton said. "When it started to drizzle, I didn't want to take any risks but at the final corner I got past Glock and I couldn't believe it. I thought 'do I have it, do I have it?'...