stormy
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Dark and stormy night notwithstanding, “2:22—A Ghost Story” is a lighter entertainment, its aim to mystify, surprise and raise a goosebump.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026
Following the stormy end to October, high pressure has been building in and will dominate for the rest of the week.
From BBC ● Nov. 4, 2026
Trick-or-treaters may want to add an umbrella to their costume, because there’s a chance it could be dark and stormy on Halloween, the National Weather Service said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2026
Gary Gallagher said this boat broke free from its mooring in Gourock and was thrown on to Cove Road during the stormy weather.
From BBC ● Oct. 25, 2026
“Or stormy? Maybe the tape just blew away.”
From "The Strangers" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
The jet stream is largely responsible for developing and delivering our stormier pressure systems.
From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026
According to NOAA, stormier weather is generally more likely in the southern United States during an El Niño.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 15, 2026
In this and other ways I am agreeably disposed to this stronger and stormier Tiguan.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 12, 2026
“We can’t say for sure it’s definitely stormier but, what we can say, is the storms we are having in northwest Europe are getting more severe,” says Bricheno.
From National Geographic ● Dec. 15, 2023
And in addition to classes, in weather that grew colder and stormier every day, the pilots were given flight tests to decide which aircraft they’d be best suited for.
From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein
Macquarie Island is only a tiny piece of land surrounded by the world's stormiest ocean.
From Science Daily ● May 14, 2026
“In most lives there arrives a mellowing, a lovely autumnal calm that overtakes even the stormiest personalities,” Chernow writes.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 9, 2025
Between October 2023 and March 2024, for example, the amount of rainfall on the stormiest days in the UK increased by an estimated 20% on average due to climate change.
From BBC ● Dec. 16, 2024
Despite all this, Bricheno notes that the North Sea is far from the stormiest body of water in the world.
From National Geographic ● Dec. 15, 2023
Those girls were blessed with the ability to sleep through the stormiest of sidewinders.
From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson
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