lightning storm
Example Sentences
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While more storms and moisture could help quell blazes, there is also the chance that a dry lightning storm could spark them, he said.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2026
The January 2022 eruption of an underwater volcano in Tonga produced the most extreme lightning storm ever recorded.
From Science Magazine • Jun. 21, 2023
We needed clear skies to make the star field photographs, and I needed to avoid camping above the tree line in a lightning storm.
From New York Times • Mar. 13, 2023
This word is pretty self-explanatory: it describes a thunder and lightning storm that spews snow instead of rain.
From Scientific American • Nov. 11, 2022
“And he fights like a lightning storm in a hat, but he’s also gots us fired from eight different jobs, any of which would have done us well enough.”
From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell
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