twister
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The advantage of the twister tap, as Hernández explained it, is how repeatable it is.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026
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
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
He put a hand on my arm and pointed to a model overhead with a silver picture on it of a swirling twister, just about to touch down.
From "The London Eye Mystery" by Siobhan Dowd
Missouri bore the brunt of the twisters, which began to spawn on Friday.
From BBC ● Mar. 16, 2025
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 ● Mar. 16, 2025
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
Tuesday’s storms came a day after parts of the central United States were battered by heavy rain, strong winds, hail and twisters.
From Seattle Times ● May 7, 2024
High John stepped out of the fold of Old Familiar’s wings, his footsteps sending little twisters of dust spinning down the ramp.
From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia
