twister
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It was as if a twister had hit the terminal.
From Slate ● Jul. 7, 2026
But when a twister menaces their city, and Dad calls the boys while on the air, that goes viral and there’s actually a moral to the story.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2025
While a twister didn’t end up touching down in San Francisco, one did just south in Scotts Valley in Santa Cruz County.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 16, 2024
She was always more of a flipper than a twister, and Dennis sometimes landed on her neck from over-rotating her warm-up drills.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2024
Mr. Chris made a tongue twister about “Chrissie’s Chrysanthemums.”
From "Miracles on Maple Hill" by Virginia Sorensen
Missouri bore the brunt of the twisters, which began to spawn on Friday.
From BBC ● Mar. 16, 2025
The twisters also overturned lorries, shut a highway near Dallas and left tens of thousands of people without power.
From BBC ● May 26, 2024
Recent twisters have even struck in places unaccustomed to them, such as one near Los Angeles in 2023 that tore apart rooftops and injured one person.
From Seattle Times ● May 25, 2024
Much of Houston was battered by winds of speeds up to 100 miles per hour, rivaling speeds seen during Hurricane Ike, with “some twisters mixed in,” the city’s mayor, John Whitmire, said at the briefing.
From New York Times ● May 16, 2024
I was really into tongue twisters and funny Shel Silverstein stuff back then, and I loved reciprocal reciting, surprising him with things he’d never heard.
From "Saints and Misfits" by S.K. Ali
