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twister

[twis-ter] / ˈtwɪs tər /
NOUN
weather event
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Nearby residents described how “the storm roared and the house was shaking” when the twister spun through.

From Los Angeles Times

“The curly tips of unfurled fern fronds. It makes an excellent tongue twister, doesn’t it? Unfurled fern fronds! Unfurled fern fronds!”

From Literature

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

Six people died in Mississippi as tornadoes swept through that state and twisters killed another three in Alabama, including an 82-year-old woman.

From BBC

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