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squall

noun as in blast

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noun as in disturbance

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His research also found another fishing tragedy when Donald Smith was drowned in October 1868 after his boat was upset in a squall off Vatisker Point.

From BBC

The squall over the past week about roles in government for Labour-affiliated figures is given short shrift by the prime minister’s supporters - as it was Sir Keir in the press conference following his speech - but it is a reminder that when you’re in government potentially damaging issues can fly out of the left-field.

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A controlled squall of primordial guitar feedback announced their arrival.

We’d lived on a little fishing trawler then, as it goes, and it wasn’t long after my first lungful of squall met the air, that a squall far bigger found us at sea.

From Salon

Senior meteorologist Jim Dale said the village had been hit by either a tornado or a sudden squall.

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