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hailstorm

[heyl-stawrm] / ˈheɪlˌstɔrm /




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"Or a big hailstorm in September and then the insurance will reimburse us," he joked.

From Barron's Jul. 4, 2026

The hailstorm hit the market town of Melksham, in Wiltshire, in the early hours of Thursday.

From BBC May 29, 2026

A chorus of boos—boo-birds were on this team all afternoon—pummeled the field like a hailstorm.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 12, 2026

On Saturday, a rare tornado and a hailstorm swept neighboring Guangzhou city, a production hub in southern China, killing five and injuring 33.

From New York Times May 1, 2024

The rough exterior was the result of a hailstorm in Oklahoma two weeks ago.

From "Storm Runners" by Roland Smith

Now, hailstorms, wildfires and wind damage are hammering places once thought to be shielded from the worst rate hikes, a Wall Street Journal analysis of premiums and natural disasters nationwide found.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 29, 2026

With climate change now hitting Italy's winemakers with everything from more droughts to bigger hailstorms, Mr Pasqua says that other wineries are now going down the non-vintage route, or at least considering it.

From BBC Aug. 24, 2025

Many areas of the Great Plains were still bracing for bruising hailstorms, as a weeklong string of severe weather continued through the holiday weekend.

From New York Times May 26, 2024

A better grasp on the basics of hail formation would not only improve daily forecasting but would also feed into climate research on the future of hailstorms, he says.

From Scientific American Aug. 11, 2023

It was one of the very bad days, with blustering hailstorms, and evening was coming on.

From Lines in Pleasant Places Being the Aftermath of an Old Angler by William Senior




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