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storm

[stawrm] / stɔrm /




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In October, nearly all of Taiwan shut down as a monster storm big enough to engulf the island of 23 million roared towards its north-eastern coast.

From BBC ● Nov. 4, 2026

The Sith first family is surrounded by 1970s-era storm troopers and 2010s imperial guards.

From Salon ● Nov. 3, 2026

A significant storm system capable of producing strong updrafts, heavy precipitation and icing moved over Southern Florida on Sunday.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2026

“When you’ve got competitive races, you’ve got a lot of money flowing into competitive races, and I think that perfect storm has helped enable a lot of new records to be shattered this election cycle.”

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 31, 2026

He had failed to find a hansom cab out in the storm.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock

It features another family whipsawed by fate and clinging on—to each other, when they can—until the storms of the storytelling end.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2026

This weekend’s storms didn’t bring any major new erosion problems, said Steward, although areas that had been in the news during recent wave events likely saw some minor impacts.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 2, 2026

Residents say they still experience outages during heavy storms, as Laos's own electricity infrastructure is outdated and the state utility is heavily in debt.

From Barron's ● Nov. 1, 2026

Powerful storms, landslides, and other extreme events can bend or displace trees, making the capacity to regain an appropriate posture essential for their resilience.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 1, 2026

They themselves had revealed how they struck up storms to force travelers to seek shelter.

From "The Birchbark House" by Louise Erdrich

Jair was still in the US when his supporters stormed Brazil's government buildings and Supreme Court on 8 January.

From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2026

Late Monday, dozens of people, including the mother of a Novi Sad disaster victim, stormed Informer's premises and disrupted its broadcast.

From Barron's ● Oct. 27, 2026

On Jan. 6, 2021, a mob stormed the U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

"Water! Water!" the crowd shouted as it stormed a compound with data centres, armed with empty plastic bottles and jerry cans.

From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026

The shrew seemed uncertain for a moment, then she stormed back in her low gruff voice, “I am Guosim, and you still haven’t told me what you want in shrew territory.”

From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques

Only rarely do the dignified characters allow their emotions to come storming out.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026

"We're taking the Bastille," one demonstrator shouted in Marseille as masked protesters rammed the door of the mayor's offices with security barriers, in reference to the 1789 storming of a fortress during the French Revolution.

From Barron's ● Oct. 17, 2026

Shares of Intel, Advanced Micro Devices and other hardware stocks were storming higher on Monday in a show of intense investor appetite for the artificial-intelligence trade.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 21, 2026

Amy Hunt claimed her first senior international title by storming to 100m glory and delivering Great Britain's first gold medal at the European Athletics Championships in Birmingham.

From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026

On June 22, 1941, Hitler broke a peace treaty and invaded the Soviet Union, sending his army storming across the huge nation in a battlefront that stretched for over a thousand miles.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein


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