hailstorm
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The hailstorm hit the market town of Melksham, in Wiltshire, in the early hours of Thursday.
From BBC • May 29, 2026
A chorus of boos—boo-birds were on this team all afternoon—pummeled the field like a hailstorm.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 12, 2026
He finished the regular season strong after giving up a hailstorm of home runs early, posting a 3.09 earned-run average with 75 strikeouts in 81⅔ innings over his last 15 starts.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 10, 2023
She said the hail started falling while she was in a bathroom and that the bathroom quickly filled up with other concertgoers trying to escape the hailstorm.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 22, 2023
“I feel like a hitchhiker caught in a hailstorm on a Texas highway,” President Johnson confided to his press secretary.
From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin
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