phenomenon
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Tim Stiefler, better known as Timmy No Brakes, has been a viral phenomenon since stepping onstage at Comedy Mothership in Austin, Texas.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 29, 2026
The warming El Nino weather phenomenon is expected to return in the middle of the year, which could push global temperatures even higher, raising the threat of heatwaves, droughts and wildfires.
From Barron's • Apr. 29, 2026
This phenomenon was first explained in the 1950s by physicists John Bardeen, Leon Cooper and John Robert Schrieffer.
From Science Daily • Apr. 27, 2026
Arbitration has also become a massive phenomenon, siphoning countless cases off from the courts into a shadowy, opaque system that nobody can ever truly fully observe.
From Slate • Apr. 27, 2026
“When I went to check it out, I got sucked right down here. See, they have this strange phenomenon with the air currents....”
From "Gregor the Overlander" by Suzanne Collins
Vocabulary lists containing phenomenon
TEKS ELAR Academic Vocabulary List (5th-7th grades)
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Vocabulary from the Introduction to "Reality is Broken" by Jane McGonigal
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