twister
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It was as if a twister had hit the terminal.
From Slate ● Jul. 7, 2026
Nearby residents described how “the storm roared and the house was shaking” when the twister spun through.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 27, 2025
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
Each member of the class then took a turn trying to say this tongue twister in an American accent.
From "The World Is Flat" by Thomas L. Friedman
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
The twisters also overturned lorries, shut a highway near Dallas and left tens of thousands of people without power.
From BBC ● May 26, 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
High John stepped out of the fold of Old Familiar’s wings, his footsteps sending little twisters of dust spinning down the ramp.
From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia
