sandstorm
noun
sand·storm
ˈsan(d)-ˌstȯrm 
: a windstorm (as in a desert) driving clouds of sand before it
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They were caught in a sandstorm.
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The road was rutted, and the drive was interrupted by sandstorms that swept in without warning, sometimes forcing us to a complete stop.
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Declan Walsh, New York Times, 14 June 2024
Walking through this sandstorm is accompanied by an appropriate blowing sound effect on the DualSense controller.
—Kyle Orland, Ars Technica, 30 May 2024
The endless stretches of desert, the forbidding fortresses rising out of dead expanses, the raging sandstorms that turn characters into hazy Turner-smudges — none of these seem particularly real because, surely, they were never supposed to.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 15 May 2024
In the game’s fiction, a massive sandstorm rolled in, completely changing the southern section of the map.
—Andrew Webster, The Verge, 24 May 2024
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Declan Walsh, New York Times, 14 June 2024
Walking through this sandstorm is accompanied by an appropriate blowing sound effect on the DualSense controller.
—Kyle Orland, Ars Technica, 30 May 2024
The endless stretches of desert, the forbidding fortresses rising out of dead expanses, the raging sandstorms that turn characters into hazy Turner-smudges — none of these seem particularly real because, surely, they were never supposed to.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 15 May 2024
In the game’s fiction, a massive sandstorm rolled in, completely changing the southern section of the map.
—Andrew Webster, The Verge, 24 May 2024
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“Sandstorm.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sandstorm. Accessed 28 Jun. 2024.
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sandstorm
noun
sand·storm
-ˌstȯ(ə)rm
: a storm of wind (as in a desert) that drives clouds of sand
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