Except
Except verb - To present an opposing opinion or argument.
Rain
Rain verb - To fall as water in a continuous stream of drops from the clouds.
Both words in one sentence
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When Roy buys a robot that's supposed to make it rain on command, it ends up making anything they say fall from the sky onto Roy, except actual rain.
Source: Illogical Safe -
Piova is Italian for rain and is also the name of the city where the story takes place and as one might expect, it's always raining.Except not really.
Source: Visual Novel / Symphonic Rain -
Except for D'Artagnan, at least in the first episode - not even while traveling in the rain, whereas his father, who is with him, does.
Source: Series / The Musketeers
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