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Recent Examples of sandstorm
Fab computer graphics make people riding giant sandstorms genuinely riveting.
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Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY, 1 Mar. 2025
Set in 1983, the series follows the sub-orbital space vehicle the Spindrift, whose crew was shrunk after getting caught up in a sandstorm.
—Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 25 Feb. 2025
In it, a family shield their faces, and each other, from a sandstorm, huddled in a tight mass of interlocking bodies.
—Aruna D’souza, New York Times, 16 Jan. 2025
The mission was aborted when three of eight helicopters deployed were disabled, in part because of a sandstorm.
—Lawrence Wright, The New Yorker, 29 Dec. 2024
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Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY, 1 Mar. 2025
Set in 1983, the series follows the sub-orbital space vehicle the Spindrift, whose crew was shrunk after getting caught up in a sandstorm.
—Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 25 Feb. 2025
In it, a family shield their faces, and each other, from a sandstorm, huddled in a tight mass of interlocking bodies.
—Aruna D’souza, New York Times, 16 Jan. 2025
The mission was aborted when three of eight helicopters deployed were disabled, in part because of a sandstorm.
—Lawrence Wright, The New Yorker, 29 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sandstorm
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And if there's severe weather headed your way, like a hurricane, heavy rainstorm or tornado, the local National Weather Service office will put out a warning.—
Rebecca Hersher,
NPR,
19 May 2025
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The fires burned rapidly until rainstorms arrived on Thursday night, which allowed firefighters to reach 50 percent containment on the Munger Shaw fire, the smallest of the three.—
Jeff Ernst,
New York Times,
17 May 2025
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Severe thunderstorm warnings and flash flood advisories were active across much of southern Texas on Wednesday, including the cities of San Antonio and Corpus Christi.—
Christopher Cann,
USA Today,
29 May 2025
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There is a chance for late afternoon showers and thunderstorms, the weather service said.—
Robert A. Cronkleton,
Kansas City Star,
28 May 2025
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Heat risk: Post-storm deaths can be driven by the combination of hot weather and lack of air conditioning, especially for the elderly.—
Bill Kearney,
Sun Sentinel,
31 May 2025
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Avoid sodding shady areas during summer to prevent rot problems caused by wet weather.—
Tom MacCubbin,
The Orlando Sentinel,
31 May 2025
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This 30-foot sign from the '50s collapsed during a windstorm in 2014 and was donated to the Mesa Preservation Foundation in 2019.—
Jessica Boehm,
Axios,
21 May 2025
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Eight tornadoes were reported in north-central Illinois, and additional straight-line windstorm damage was reported near Chicago and Indianapolis.—
Marlene Lenthang,
NBC News,
20 Mar. 2025
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The disasters database, which will be archived but no longer updated beyond 2024, has allowed taxpayers, media and researchers to track the cost of natural disasters — spanning extreme events from hurricanes to hailstorms — since 1980.—
Andrew Freedman,
CNN Money,
8 May 2025
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The summer and fall months are a busy time of year for severe weather in the U.S., from heat waves and hurricanes to heavy downpours and hailstorms.—
Rebecca Hersher,
NPR,
19 May 2025
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The Yankees scored twice before the cloudburst to stake a 4-2 lead.—
Patrick Saunders,
Denver Post,
25 May 2025
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And with rising temperatures come rising risks: stronger hurricanes in the Atlantic, more severe cloudbursts in storms across North America, increasing drought in the Great Plains, larger wildfires in the West.—
Elizabeth Weise,
USA TODAY,
4 Feb. 2024
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In a sudden forecast turnabout, metro Detroit went from April thundershowers and tornado warnings one day to a warm, sunny day the next, with temperatures in the upcoming week expected to reach the 70s.—
Frank Witsil,
Detroit Free Press,
6 Apr. 2023
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Not your generic, garden-variety thundershower.—
Paul Douglas,
Star Tribune,
29 Apr. 2021
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Readiness For What Lies Ahead The start of the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season is a reminder that storms don’t always follow the patterns of the past.—
Jim Foerster,
Forbes.com,
2 June 2025
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This is the beginning of hurricane season, of course.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
1 June 2025
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“Sandstorm.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sandstorm. Accessed 5 Jun. 2025.
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