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[stawrm] / stɔrm /




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“It was a perfect storm for them to have this timeless album, but that element of danger intact. That’s the hardest thing for anyone to achieve,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026

The impacts were severe for some homes on the Long Beach Peninsula, as the storm swept away a portion of the historic boardwalk and damaged multiple houses.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2026

Isaias hit the Florida coast on Saturday as a Category 2 storm, before weakening rapidly over land.

From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2026

"We are witnessing a perfect storm that could throw tens if not hundreds of millions of people back into poverty."

From Barron's ● Oct. 11, 2026

Shaking my head to rid myself of the storm cloud that seemed to have settled around my shoulders ever since my run-in with Little Miss Fitz, I hurried toward the student dorms.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin

"To see three storms undo a place that brought so much peace is devastating," Henken continued.

From Barron's ● Oct. 12, 2026

But while the group has weathered other storms, this time, the divide is within.

From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026

These storms, combined with high tides and the Kelvin wave, which can add 6 to 12 inches to background sea levels, have resulted in significant damage and a reshaping of the coast over the summer.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2026

Wales has seen a series of major floods in recent years, often in the wake of powerful storms such as Dennis in 2020, Bert and Darragh in 2024 and Claudia in 2025.

From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2026

I take the bull hook and watch as he storms from the tent.

From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen

Later on Sunday, Frances Tiafoe, Alex Michelsen and Shelton stormed into the quarter-finals to boost home hopes of a first American men's Grand Slam champion since Andy Roddick won in New York in 2003.

From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026

That night some of them stormed a major highway, closing lanes of traffic to demand a response from state authorities.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 6, 2026

When Abe Saperstein, the Globetrotters’ founder, stormed the Reds locker room in a huff, Klotz warned him, “If you let your guard down, we’ll get you again.”

From Salon ● Aug. 19, 2026

“I stormed off the group chat like a prima donna,” Erin recalls.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026

He stormed out of the captain’s cabin and scrambled up to the deck.

From "The Boy Who Met a Whale" by Nizrana Farook

He did not let his second chance slip away, storming through to the final and taking the trophy after beating Tyler Spence, a teacher from Wigan, in a closely-fought contest.

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026

Shares of Intel, Advanced Micro Devices and other hardware stocks were storming higher on Monday in a show of intense investor appetite for the artificial-intelligence trade.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 21, 2026

Still, though it wakes up when we get to the storming of the Bastille, economically but effectively rendered, and, later the Reign of Terror, in between it can turn into a murky, mopey slog.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 6, 2026

Another potential scenario, Shpaizman said, is one resembling the storming of the US Capitol by supporters of President Donald Trump on January 6, 2021, as they tried to stop certification of his election defeat.

From Barron's ● Aug. 19, 2026

I pull my red scarf closer as the cold air bites at my face and neck, looking down to see if his wallet is still wedged in the doorjamb before storming over to him.

From "Five Feet Apart" by Rachael Lippincott




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