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typhoon

[tahy-foon] / taɪˈfun /


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He is sanguine that SoftBank will be a winner from any AI shakeout, which he said could be like a typhoon or an earthquake.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026

The storm reached "violent typhoon" status, the highest classification used by the Japan Meteorological Agency and roughly equivalent to a Category 5 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson wind scale.

From Science Daily • Jun. 3, 2026

Storm Jangmi -- which was downgraded from a typhoon -- injured 15 people in southern Japan on Tuesday, knocked out power to thousands of homes and grounded hundreds of flights.

From Barron's • Jun. 3, 2026

“We did two months of typhoon disaster relief for five provinces here,” he said.

From Salon • Dec. 31, 2025

Then another typhoon struck, again destroying most of the Mongolian fleet.

From "A Place to Belong" by Cynthia Kadohata




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