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[stawrm] / stɔrm /




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Mehdi Mohammadi, a strategic adviser to chief Iranian negotiator Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, described the current stalemate Tuesday as the calm before the storm.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 17, 2026

Alaska Airlines and Hawaiian Airlines canceled 54 inter-island flights and 11 trans-Pacific flights Saturday because of the storm.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 16, 2026

The storm is expected to either make landfall on or pass close to the southern tip of Big Island on Saturday, before continuing west.

From BBC Aug. 15, 2026

Hawaii was menaced by Hurricane Fausto last month, before the storm weakened and skirted north of the island chain.

From Barron's Aug. 15, 2026

They won’t escape unless there’s a bad storm with really big waves.

From "Nim’s Island" by Wendy Orr

Ukrainians consult them to track potential Russian attacks, like people check weather applications for storms but with less certainty, shorter warning, and deadly stakes.

From Barron's Aug. 16, 2026

The deluge comes after a series of storms swept through Japan and neighbouring countries this week, in what's been forecast to be an unusually active typhoon season.

From BBC Aug. 14, 2026

The home still remains exposed to risks such as fire, storms, water damage, theft and liability claims, the law firm says.

From MarketWatch Aug. 13, 2026

Most recently, a series of atmospheric river storms in January 2023 triggered a major landslide that initiated a nearly three-year closure of Highway 1.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 13, 2026

About fifteen minutes later, the office door flies open, and Jay storms in.

From "On the Come Up" by Angie Thomas

Pershing Square CEO Bill Ackman, who stormed out of his Netflix investment a few years ago, has rekindled that old flame.

From MarketWatch Aug. 13, 2026

After the most recent, when a gunman stormed a hotel in Washington during a White House dinner, Trump's security team said they would review their protocols for protecting the president.

From BBC Aug. 5, 2026

Toppled in August 2024 by a student-led uprising that ended her 15-year, iron-fisted rule, Hasina fled by helicopter to India as crowds stormed her palace.

From Barron's Jul. 29, 2026

But I never bothered to tune into other matches even as soccer leagues from across the globe have stormed network, cable and streaming channels in recent years.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 20, 2026

The self-confident fifteen-year-old paid no heed to their discontent and discourteously stormed out.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady

Amy Hunt claimed her first senior international title by storming to 100m glory and delivering Great Britain's first gold medal at the European Athletics Championships in Birmingham.

From BBC Aug. 10, 2026

A late time violation penalty left Laura Siegemund storming off the court upset, triggering a dispute between her partner Edouard Roger-Vasselin and Ostapenko over claims of persistent slow play.

From BBC Jul. 6, 2026

Thousands of Kenyans took to the streets in June 2024 against economic hardship and corruption, eventually storming parliament to force the cancellation of new taxes.

From Barron's Jun. 25, 2026

Generation Z—those born between 1997 and 2012—aren’t exactly storming the C-suite, a move that typically takes years of corporate ladder-climbing.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 25, 2026

But now the god of earthquake, storming home over the mountains of Asia from the Sunburned land, sighted him far away.

From "The Odyssey" by Homer




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