thunderstorm
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To this day I can’t shake a three-sentence description of birds driven onto cholla thorns by the winds of a thunderstorm.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
A yellow thunderstorm warning is also in place for England until 22:00 BST on Thursday, with Birmingham seeing heavy downpours just before 08:00 although the flood warning is now removed.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026
The stakes go far beyond daily routines or vacation itineraries; small businesses lose out on potential foot traffic and revenue whenever a thunderstorm icon appears, even if it’s bright and sunny outside.
From Slate ● Aug. 21, 2026
She emerged from the reggaeton thunderstorm that hijacked the planet, but then guided it smoothly into a different aesthetic territory, far away from the movement’s misogynistic toxicity.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2026
Every so often I thought I saw flashes, like lightning jumping around during a thunderstorm.
From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia
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That could bring some elevated humidity and a small chance of thunderstorms and cloud coverage in mountainous areas, but not enough to significantly lower temperatures across the region.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
The light from occasional thunderstorms often provides the only illumination.
From Barron's ● Sep. 26, 2026
The findings suggest that thunderstorms developing near the lower level circulation may play a more active role in storm organization than simply serving as a visible sign that strengthening is underway.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 20, 2026
That brings more rain and storms to the southern U.S., flooding and coastal erosion to California, and severe thunderstorms to the Gulf states.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
We’d just had one of those summer days of rain and thunderstorms, and we’d been cooped up indoors despite the humidity.
From "Never Let Me Go" by Kazuo Ishiguro
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