tornado
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As it steadily gains steam from its spare opening bars, the number has tornado sirens harmonizing while lives flicker and disappear like sparks flying off a firecracker’s fuse.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 12, 2026
Window reflections have been misconstrued as a possible intruder and a tornado.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 5, 2026
A funnel cloud is a rotating, cone-shaped column of air that extends downward from the base of a cloud but, unlike a tornado, does not reach the ground.
From BBC • May 3, 2026
A mini tornado of ash, embers and debris, known as an ash devil, spun up into the air from the remains of a fire that the crews had already put out.
From Los Angeles Times • May 2, 2026
Accusations roiled inside of me, swirling in my head like furling tornado clouds, until I thought I might explode if I didn’t let them out.
From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall
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