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twister

noun as in weather event

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Missouri bore the brunt of the twisters, which began to spawn on Friday.

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While a twister didn’t end up touching down in San Francisco, one did just south in Scotts Valley in Santa Cruz County.

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The weather service notes most of these twisters are "relatively weak and short-lived, but they still pose a significant threat".

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She was always more of a flipper than a twister, and Dennis sometimes landed on her neck from over-rotating her warm-up drills.

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Shot on location in the middle of tornado season, Ramos says it was an experience unlike any other — one that quickly taught him and his co-stars just how unpredictable and powerful a twister can be.

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