dust devil
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Magistrate Robert Webster agreed with the defence and found that the incident happened due to a dust devil - an upward spiralling vortex of air and debris - that was "unforeseen and unforeseeable".
From BBC • Jun. 5, 2025
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
At the edge of the cornfield, there was a swirling dust devil.
From "Healer of the Water Monster" by Brian Young
