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stormy

[stawr-mee] / ˈstɔr mi /


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Governments in Germany, Denmark, France and more are pretty stormy affairs these days too.

From BBC Jul. 12, 2026

Listening to Xiu Xiu’s “Eraserhead” on a hot and stormy Friday afternoon is an atavistic summoning of the many gifts that David Lynch left us to remember him by.

From Salon Jul. 10, 2026

The marine heat wave of 2026 is simmering the Pacific Ocean off the coast of California, and experts are warning that it could lead to a warm, humid and stormy summer.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 9, 2026

"On Friday, a gradual drop in temperatures along the Atlantic coast is beginning to take shape following Thursday evening's stormy conditions," the agency added.

From Barron's Jun. 25, 2026

Russia was known for its stormy classical music, its tormented poets, its mournful novelists and bittersweet playwrights.

From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood

In this and other ways I am agreeably disposed to this stronger and stormier Tiguan.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 12, 2026

The stormier, wetter and milder than average weather we are expecting in February is likely to persist into March, which meteorologists consider to be the start of spring.

From BBC Jan. 27, 2025

“We can’t say for sure it’s definitely stormier but, what we can say, is the storms we are having in northwest Europe are getting more severe,” says Bricheno.

From National Geographic Dec. 15, 2023

But Ashley said that stormier future seems like it’s already here.

From Seattle Times Mar. 27, 2023

And in addition to classes, in weather that grew colder and stormier every day, the pilots were given flight tests to decide which aircraft they’d be best suited for.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein

Macquarie Island is only a tiny piece of land surrounded by the world's stormiest ocean.

From Science Daily May 14, 2026

“In most lives there arrives a mellowing, a lovely autumnal calm that overtakes even the stormiest personalities,” Chernow writes.

From Los Angeles Times May 9, 2025

That is because the winter of 2013/14 was the wettest on record and was considered to be the stormiest period for two decades. 

From BBC Jan. 23, 2024

Despite all this, Bricheno notes that the North Sea is far from the stormiest body of water in the world.

From National Geographic Dec. 15, 2023

Those girls were blessed with the ability to sleep through the stormiest of sidewinders.

From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson




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