thunderhead
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Once a prehistoric denizen of the deeps, it comes ashore on a tsunami tide, tall as a thunderhead, shrugging off artillery as it bellows a foghorn scream.
From Scientific American ● Nov. 3, 2023
A thunderhead towers above the rising sun, and the picture turns out beautifully.
From Slate ● May 11, 2015
A black grand piano hulked on one side, the heavy, distended ceiling bearing down on it ominously, like a thunderhead.
From The New Yorker ● Oct. 17, 2014
I am often in awe of clouds, as was the case when I shot this video of a remarkable thunderhead somewhere over the Midwest.
From New York Times ● Sep. 6, 2011
When the moon emerged from behind thunderhead darkness the river gleamed.
From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols
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