twister
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The advantage of the twister tap, as Hernández explained it, is how repeatable it is.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026
It was as if a twister had hit the terminal.
From Slate ● Jul. 7, 2026
But when a twister menaces their city, and Dad calls the boys while on the air, that goes viral and there’s actually a moral to the story.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2025
While a twister didn’t end up touching down in San Francisco, one did just south in Scotts Valley in Santa Cruz County.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 16, 2024
“The curly tips of unfurled fern fronds. It makes an excellent tongue twister, doesn’t it? Unfurled fern fronds! Unfurled fern fronds!”
From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood
The weather service notes most of these twisters are "relatively weak and short-lived, but they still pose a significant threat".
From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2024
And in 2024, the U.S. is already 25% ahead of the average number of twisters, according to the Storm Prediction Center in Norman, Oklahoma.
From Seattle Times ● May 25, 2024
Much of Houston was battered by winds of speeds up to 100 miles per hour, rivaling speeds seen during Hurricane Ike, with “some twisters mixed in,” the city’s mayor, John Whitmire, said at the briefing.
From New York Times ● May 16, 2024
This year, we got two violent twisters in two days.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 11, 2023
The maelstrom was coming undone, with little twisters coiling sideways out of the water.
From "The Reader" by Traci Chee
