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thunderstorm

[thuhn-der-stawrm] / ˈθʌn dərˌstɔrm /


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"I jumped a mile, I've never heard or seen a thunderstorm like it."

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026

A thunderstorm persisted for nearly two hours, bringing heavy rain and frequent lightning.

From Science Daily • Apr. 21, 2026

One does wonder how the actors fishing while swapping such insipid dialogue don’t cross their leaders and spend most of the time untangling, before flying their plane into the middle of a Rocky Mountain thunderstorm.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 13, 2026

Another bushfire near the small town of Walwa crackled with lightning as it radiated enough heat to form a localised thunderstorm.

From Barron's • Jan. 11, 2026

Last night’s thunderstorm continued to rage on into the next day.

From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas




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