1.   The weather proved an obstacle, with nonstop rains flooding the field.

2.   A week of nonstop rain that submersed the cornfields and delayed planting for days.

3.   After one period of nonstop rain, for example, the survivors were extremely hungry.

4.   Nonstop rain.

5.   Eight hours of nonstop rain Thursday brought on the flooding, inundating prosperous and poor districts alike along low-lying areas of the Congo River capital.

6.   Hours of nonstop rain Friday night and Saturday forced Rugby World Cup officials to delay the start of the semifinal match between South Africa and France.

7.   Nonstop rain that deluged the field forced yet another strategy against France.

8.   The dirt and gravel at the site, a mansion in the Bel Air neighborhood, had been saturated by nearly a week of almost nonstop rain.

9.   The federal capital, New Delhi, got a respite Tuesday after three days of nonstop rain.