A light rain began to fall.

小雨开始飘落。

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A light rain was falling. There was no one else on the road.

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The march began under gray skies and light rain symbolically at the Holocaust Museum, where the murder of six million Jews in World War II is documented and remembered.

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The search proceeded cautiously for the fourth child as light rain fell throughout the afternoon.

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Farther south, dozens of flights were also canceled at Philadelphia Airport as a light rain fell.

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Mr. Altschule was also able to explain that light rain was significant enough to melt any snow.

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