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storm clouds

NOUN
thundercloud
Synonyms


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When storm clouds are forming, bold investors can use put-option spreads to profit off the expected stock market decline.

From Barron's • Mar. 4, 2026

They are of the same era—fanciful and fantastical embodiments of the enterprise, leisure and sense of possibility America was placing on offer, despite the decade of Depression and war’s looming storm clouds.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 14, 2026

These fat-pocketed bigwigs must roam the Hollywood Hills peering up at the sky covered in storm clouds, hoping that they’ll catch the fateful electric spark in their glass vials.

From Salon • Jan. 4, 2026

Every episode begins with a snippet from, of all things, “Help!” as as if warning of storm clouds ahead, and not “All You Need Is Love” or “With a Little Help from My Friends.”

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 26, 2025

She climbed up into storm clouds and rolled out of them into sunshine.

From "Frightful's Mountain" by Jean Craighead George




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