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tornado

[tawr-ney-doh] / tɔrˈneɪ doʊ /


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As it steadily gains steam from its spare opening bars, the number has tornado sirens harmonizing while lives flicker and disappear like sparks flying off a firecracker’s fuse.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 12, 2026

Window reflections have been misconstrued as a possible intruder and a tornado.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 5, 2026

They can become a tornado if it extends all the way to the surface.

From BBC • May 3, 2026

A tornado’s intensity is determined, in part, by the damage it causes and the damage around Clovis elevated Tuesday’s tornado to an EF1 on the Enhanced Fujita Scale, Molina said.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 22, 2026

There, among more grain silos and a just-passed threat of a tornado, she twisted her ankle and tumbled onto the road, bloodying her palms and knees.

From "A Heart in a Body in the World" by Deb Caletti




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