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thundercloud

[thuhn-der-kloud] / ˈθʌn dərˌklaʊd /


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A honeybee swarm has as much electric charge as a thundercloud, and the insects’ mass movements in the atmosphere might even have some influence on the weather.

From Scientific American Sep. 13, 2023

The Independent's Helen Brown gave Skinty Fia - "a fierce, dirge-like thundercloud of ruination" - the same score.

From BBC Apr. 23, 2022

A single unexpected bolt from a rogue thundercloud can be just as deadly to an individual, or as damaging to a property, as hundreds from a complex of storms.

From Washington Post Apr. 19, 2022

When Vassilopoulos finally puts her characters in a squeeze, the tension remains oddly vaporous, as though she has tried to trap a thundercloud in a vice.

From New York Times Mar. 24, 2022

A rockface towered above them, grey as a thundercloud.

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver



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