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[stawrm] / stɔrm /




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The odds the system will still be at tropical storm strength by the time it hits Southern California are considered very low, forecasters say.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026

Fresh attacks by Iran’s Houthi allies and a storm that shut some U.S. offshore production have given a fresh boost to oil prices, putting more pressure on stocks globally.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

The ship of state is seeking safety in a storm.

From Slate ● Oct. 8, 2026

Parts of Mexico could also see gusty winds and heavy rain as the storm moves northwards and eastwards.

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026

Though the weather was mild, the smell of a spring storm was in the air.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock

Oil companies operating in the Gulf are used to temporarily cutting production and evacuating personnel from their rigs given the frequency of storms in the region.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

This can rip storms apart before they have time to strengthen.

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026

Eight to 14 named storms are forecast, three to six of which would become hurricanes, including one to three major hurricanes.

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026

When storms bring heavy runoff, growers have been spreading water on fields to recharge groundwater.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

I do not know a lot about dust storms, but I have heard the hazmats talk about them.

From "A Rover's Story" by Jasmine Warga

Borza spent 20 years championing nearly every effort to memorialize the passengers and crew members who stormed the cockpit, preventing the hijackers from reaching Washington, D.C., and their presumed target, the Capitol.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026

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

Back at the lakefront, black bathers stormed from Twenty-Sixth Street to the Twenty-Ninth Street beach.

From "A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919" by Claire Hartfield

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

Amy Hunt claimed her first senior international title by storming to 100m glory and delivering Great Britain's first gold medal at the European Athletics Championships in Birmingham.

From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026

And now there were more, even more people storming up the front steps, and Harry saw Charlie Weasley overtaking Horace Slughorn, who was still wearing his emerald pajamas.

From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling




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