sandstorm
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Exhausted Afghans cross the border from Iran in a sandstorm, leaving behind a country in the grip of war to return to a homeland that is battered by conflict and humanitarian crisis.
From Barron's ● Mar. 11, 2026
In 2013, the band played through a blinding sandstorm.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 22, 2024
Multiple meteorologists told the AP that this sandstorm did not and will not impact the U.S.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 21, 2023
One person died and five others were injured on Thursday, when a billboard collapsed as a result of the sandstorm sweeping through Egypt's capital city Cairo.
From BBC ● Jun. 2, 2023
Whether it was true or not, most people said they had first come out here during a sandstorm, meaning their first taste of Odessa had literally been a mouthful of gritty sand.
From "Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream" by H.G. Bissinger
In 2023, Iraqi authorities teamed up with the UN-Habitat and the Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development in areas that have been identified as major sources of sandstorms.
From Barron's ● Dec. 28, 2025
The phenomenon isn’t new — sandstorms from North Africa have shrouded Britain, Greece and Spain in the past — but the event led to remarkable scenes around the Acropolis and in other parts of Athens.
From New York Times ● Apr. 24, 2024
“Are we going to be going through sandstorms for a while?”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 5, 2023
From his high rise office window, Erling Thompson watches the Seoul skyline fade into a yellow-grey cloud as fine dust from sandstorms in China blankets South Korea.
From BBC ● Apr. 13, 2023
There are sandstorms on the Earth and on Mars; lightning on Jupiter and Venus and Earth.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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Earth Science - Middle School
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