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dust devil

[duhst dev-uhl] / ˈdʌst ˌdɛv əl /


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Another dust devil was filmed travelling a short distance in a field in Wistow, between Cambridge and Peterborough.

From BBC • Aug. 18, 2024

Of the 84 minutes collected in its first year, there’s “only one dust devil recording,” she wrote in an email from France.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 13, 2022

The sound of the dust devil, published Tuesday to accompany a paper in the journal Nature Communications, is subtle.

From Washington Post • Dec. 13, 2022

There is a tiny chance that a dust devil might blow off the dust covering InSight’s solar panels and prolong the mission’s life.

From Scientific American • Oct. 28, 2022

The dust devil passes as quickly as it came.

From "A Rover's Story" by Jasmine Warga