dust storm
Example Sentences
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And as Burning Man kicked off in Nevada’s desert northwest, a major dust storm forced traffic to a halt as attendees tried to avoid the desert’s wrath.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 25, 2025
She recalls using earth observation data provided by Eumetsat, a European satellite agency, to monitor a major dust storm in March.
From BBC • Oct. 14, 2024
On Saturday, under a cloud-dotted blue sky and before a dust storm rolled in, he spoke of the lack of shade at Silvestre Jr.’s elementary school.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 2, 2024
Combination of newly plowed fields & gusty northwest winds is generating a dust storm in this area.
From Washington Post • May 1, 2023
The artist was trying, I think, to illustrate dust and high winds: Mars 3 had entered the Martian atmosphere during an enormous global dust storm.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
