dust devil
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Magistrate Robert Webster agreed with the defence and found that the incident happened due to a dust devil - an upward spiralling vortex of air and debris - that was "unforeseen and unforeseeable".
From BBC • Jun. 5, 2025
The microphone picked up 308 dust pings as the dust devil whipped by, said Murdoch, who helped build it.
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
“Resilience, Fly has gone down. But you must stay where you are until the dust devil has left the area. Do you hear me?”
From "A Rover's Story" by Jasmine Warga
