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hurricane

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


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Rice, a tax lawyer from a coastal district, had hurricanes in mind and wanted to ensure taxpayers got standardized relief.

From The Wall Street Journal

The beanstalk shot right through the clouds, where they swirled like the eye of a hurricane.

From Literature

“It’s like a hurricane. But I didn’t think they happened around here.”

From Literature

Over the past three decades, fiscal hardship has left us with a fragile electrical grid vulnerable to hurricanes, mass migration, violence, school closures, and a diminished public university.

From BBC

At seventy-four miles an hour she graduated from a tropical storm to a hurricane.

From Literature