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hurricane

[hur-i-keyn, huhr-, -kuhn] / ˈhɜr ɪˌkeɪn, ˈhʌr-, -kən /


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This year marks 30 years since a hurricane created a salt marsh near a small coastal village.

From BBC • May 4, 2026

Many of the groves had gone decades without any real hurricane exposure.

From Slate • Apr. 20, 2026

"Planets form from the bottom up, by sticking small-scale planetesimals together. But forming a planet at the edge of the instability zone would be like trying to stick snowflakes together in a hurricane," he said.

From Science Daily • Apr. 19, 2026

Worldwide, a hurricane killed hundreds in Acapulco and Indonesia recorded one of its worst droughts on record.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026

I bend like a tree in a hurricane.

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam




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