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storm

[stawrm] / stɔrm /




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It is to England's credit that they weathered the storm.

From BBC Sep. 12, 2026

Experts say this storm may be only a taste of what is ahead as El Niño forecasts continues to strengthen, which tends to signal stormier-than-average weather.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 10, 2026

The centre of the storm passed west of the islands early Tuesday.

From BBC Sep. 9, 2026

The high surf in California comes as another storm system, Hurricane Lowell, lashed Hawaii with damaging winds, heavy rainfall and powerful floods, blacking out power across most of one island.

From Barron's Sep. 8, 2026

The storm had left everything sopping wet, but there wasn’t a rain cloud in the sky.

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls

There may be dust storms, which contribute to “playa lung” — a term Burners have coined to describe a cough or losing one’s voice after breathing in dust daily.

From Salon Sep. 11, 2026

Through those storms, Nigel has been there in the trenches.

From BBC Sep. 11, 2026

“Those elevated sea levels, when combined with passing weather or storms, can substantially increase flood risk and risk for things like beach erosion,” Amaya said.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 10, 2026

El Niño is adding heat to oceans that were warming up anyway, creating conditions conducive to storms.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 10, 2026

“Every time it storms like this, my leg hurts something terrible. Sometimes I just have to grit my teeth to keep from screaming.”

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls

That night some of them stormed a major highway, closing lanes of traffic to demand a response from state authorities.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 6, 2026

Whether or not LIV survives beyond this weekend, what’s left will bear little resemblance to the free-spending upstart that stormed onto the scene.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 22, 2026

When Abe Saperstein, the Globetrotters’ founder, stormed the Reds locker room in a huff, Klotz warned him, “If you let your guard down, we’ll get you again.”

From Salon Aug. 19, 2026

Pershing Square CEO Bill Ackman, who stormed out of his Netflix investment a few years ago, has rekindled that old flame.

From MarketWatch Aug. 13, 2026

And then, on January 31, 1960, a friend named Joseph McNeil stormed into Blair’s dorm room and slammed the door.

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson

Still, though it wakes up when we get to the storming of the Bastille, economically but effectively rendered, and, later the Reign of Terror, in between it can turn into a murky, mopey slog.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 6, 2026

For many at the front, the main fear is not an infantryman storming over the top, but an unseen enemy operating a drone from far away with a joystick.

From Barron's Aug. 20, 2026

Back then, at a vote held in Kigali, Rwanda, the support for him was so overwhelming that he was ushered back into office by acclaim, with a storming round of applause replacing a formal vote.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 31, 2026

When the entire forest appeared to be storming his stronghold, Macbeth realized his folly too late.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 30, 2026

His face is flushed, his dark eyes storming.

From "I'll Give You the Sun" by Jandy Nelson




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