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
After a dark and stormy Halloween night with showers that continued into Sunday, Southern California can expect clear skies this week as well as hotter temperatures, particularly along the beleaguered coastline.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 2, 2026
Once the weekend's stormy weather has passed, forecasts suggest another area of low pressure will develop over the Atlantic before deepening as it approaches the UK from the south-west.
From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026
Hundreds of Orangemen paraded through the town centre, joined by bands and a crowd of supporters who were not deterred by the stormy weather.
From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026
Bravery was now a distant shore across a dark and stormy sea.
From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman
El Niño has been linked to wetter and stormier weather in late autumn and early winter.
From BBC ● Oct. 30, 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
Coach K turned down the offer, but by even approaching the legend, Jerry Buss showed he was unafraid to navigate the stormiest of seas for the biggest, most outlandish fish.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 6, 2024
That is because the winter of 2013/14 was the wettest on record and was considered to be the stormiest period for two decades.
From BBC ● Jan. 23, 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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