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storm

[stawrm] / stɔrm /




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"It's like seeing a storm on the east coast of America and then not having any observations until it gets to Ireland," said Stone.

From BBC Aug. 28, 2026

The next tropical storm, which was officially named Thursday morning, is called Dolly.

From Salon Aug. 28, 2026

France has been in the eye of the storm in recent weeks.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 27, 2026

Kevin Warsh, another Druckenmiller protégé and Bessent ally, is about to step into this storm.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 27, 2026

“That storm sure came ahead of schedule,” Mom says as she comes up the stairs.

From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison

Frequent lightning accompanied many of the storms this week, including here at Evesham, Worcestershire.

From BBC Aug. 29, 2026

Sand storms blew in from the Gobi, disrupting the ripening process and spoiling harvests.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 28, 2026

The next storms to be named this year will be Edouard, Fay and Gonzalo, and the list goes on.

From Salon Aug. 28, 2026

Weeks of unending heat soon turned into a vicious cycle of drought, storms and wildfires.

From Barron's Aug. 25, 2026

They themselves had revealed how they struck up storms to force travelers to seek shelter.

From "The Birchbark House" by Louise Erdrich

Troops had stormed the presidential palace and arrested Condé, who had been re-elected the year before for a controversial third term in office amid violent protests.

From BBC Aug. 26, 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

Pershing Square CEO Bill Ackman, who stormed out of his Netflix investment a few years ago, has rekindled that old flame.

From MarketWatch Aug. 13, 2026

On a recent afternoon, Matt Simpson watched as a parade of brawny off-road SUVs, pickup trucks and high-powered sports cars stormed down a Nascar racetrack in mid-Michigan.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 1, 2026

A couple of cats leaped out of my way as I stormed across the yard and up the driveway toward the road.

From "Wish" by Barbara O'Connor

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

But wildcard Arthur Fery storming into the semi-finals?

From BBC Jul. 8, 2026

Thousands of Kenyans took to the streets in June 2024 against economic hardship and corruption, eventually storming parliament to force the cancellation of new taxes.

From Barron's Jun. 25, 2026

Generation Z—those born between 1997 and 2012—aren’t exactly storming the C-suite, a move that typically takes years of corporate ladder-climbing.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 25, 2026

In the drawing, the stars and planets are storming out of the computer screen and into the room.

From "I'll Give You the Sun" by Jandy Nelson




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