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dust devil

[duhst dev-uhl] / ˈdʌst ˌdɛv əl /


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Another dust devil was filmed travelling a short distance in a field in Wistow, between Cambridge and Peterborough.

From BBC • Aug. 18, 2024

The dust devil came and went over Perseverance quickly last year, thus the short length of the audio, said the University of Toulouse’s Naomi Murdoch, lead author of the study appearing in Nature Communications.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 13, 2022

A dust devil is a bit like a miniature storm cell.

From Washington Post • Dec. 13, 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

I drive my wheels forward, heading right toward the dust devil.

From "A Rover's Story" by Jasmine Warga




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