twister
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It was as if a twister had hit the terminal.
From Slate ● Jul. 7, 2026
But when a twister menaces their city, and Dad calls the boys while on the air, that goes viral and there’s actually a moral to the story.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2025
While a twister didn’t end up touching down in San Francisco, one did just south in Scotts Valley in Santa Cruz County.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 16, 2024
She was always more of a flipper than a twister, and Dennis sometimes landed on her neck from over-rotating her warm-up drills.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2024
Mr. Chris made a tongue twister about “Chrissie’s Chrysanthemums.”
From "Miracles on Maple Hill" by Virginia Sorensen
The weather service notes most of these twisters are "relatively weak and short-lived, but they still pose a significant threat".
From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2024
The latest twisters follow another powerful tornado which tore through a rural Iowa town and killed four people earlier in May.
From BBC ● May 27, 2024
Much of Houston was battered by winds of speeds up to 100 miles per hour, rivaling speeds seen during Hurricane Ike, with “some twisters mixed in,” the city’s mayor, John Whitmire, said at the briefing.
From New York Times ● May 16, 2024
Cincinnati Mayor Theodore M. Berry said the damage to sections of his city hit by the twisters was “awesome. It was a miracle that so many trees missed houses, buildings and people.”
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 2, 2024
High John stepped out of the fold of Old Familiar’s wings, his footsteps sending little twisters of dust spinning down the ramp.
From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia
