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dust devil

[duhst dev-uhl] / ˈdʌst ˌdɛv əl /


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Of the 84 minutes collected in its first year, there’s “only one dust devil recording,” she wrote in an email from France.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 13, 2022

What it needs is a direct hit by a dust devil, because such vortices are capable of cleaning solar panels.

From Washington Post • Dec. 13, 2022

A dust devil has been spotted in a field following a wildfire in County Durham.

From BBC • Aug. 12, 2022

“Maybe we’ll get a nice thick dust devil and we’ll have enough power to keep going for a while,” Daubar says.

From Scientific American • May 24, 2022

The little dust devil flattened into a trail.

From "Healer of the Water Monster" by Brian Young




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