hailstorm
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"Or a big hailstorm in September and then the insurance will reimburse us," he joked.
From Barron's ● Jul. 4, 2026
A chorus of boos—boo-birds were on this team all afternoon—pummeled the field like a hailstorm.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 12, 2026
On Saturday, a rare tornado and a hailstorm swept neighboring Guangzhou city, a production hub in southern China, killing five and injuring 33.
From New York Times ● May 1, 2024
Large hailstones were seen covering roads in the United Arab Emirates, after a rare hailstorm struck the region.
From BBC ● Feb. 13, 2024
Soon it started raining; then came a hailstorm.
From "Death on the River of Doubt" by Samantha Seiple
Now, hailstorms, wildfires and wind damage are hammering places once thought to be shielded from the worst rate hikes, a Wall Street Journal analysis of premiums and natural disasters nationwide found.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 29, 2026
Much of the country has been badly hit by heavy rain and hailstorms, triggering rapid flooding across multiple areas.
From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2024
Many areas of the Great Plains were still bracing for bruising hailstorms, as a weeklong string of severe weather continued through the holiday weekend.
From New York Times ● May 26, 2024
Floods and hailstorms in Italy, Greece and central eastern European countries inflicted a 3.7-percentage point hit to Generali's combined ratio in the nine months through September.
From Reuters ● Nov. 17, 2023
After the introduction of the bill by Lord John Russell, the obscurantists made a final effort to call down one of their old pelting hailstorms.
From The Life of William Ewart Gladstone, Vol. 1 (of 3) 1809-1859 by Morley, John
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