typhoon
Example Sentences
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He is sanguine that SoftBank will be a winner from any AI shakeout, which he said could be like a typhoon or an earthquake.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026
The storm reached "violent typhoon" status, the highest classification used by the Japan Meteorological Agency and roughly equivalent to a Category 5 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson wind scale.
From Science Daily • Jun. 3, 2026
The noise - lasting and deafening - rose up and swirled around like a typhoon, gathering up everybody in its vicinity, delirious Hearts folk thrilled to be sucked into the vortex.
From BBC • May 4, 2026
Shell's end of year was marked by survivors of a deadly 2021 typhoon in the Philippines filing a UK lawsuit against the company, seeking financial compensation for climate-related harms.
From Barron's • Feb. 5, 2026
Then another typhoon struck, again destroying most of the Mongolian fleet.
From "A Place to Belong" by Cynthia Kadohata
Vocabulary lists containing typhoon
Physical Geography - Introductory
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