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Recent Examples of sandstorm
Frequent sandstorms can bury key equipment or solar panels.
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Ramin Skibba, WIRED, 28 Dec. 2022
Droughts and sandstorms are forcing hundreds of thousands of rural residents to leave their homes.
—Marwa Daoudy, Foreign Affairs, 22 Feb. 2022
The road was rutted, and the drive was interrupted by sandstorms that swept in without warning, sometimes forcing us to a complete stop.
—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
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Ramin Skibba, WIRED, 28 Dec. 2022
Droughts and sandstorms are forcing hundreds of thousands of rural residents to leave their homes.
—Marwa Daoudy, Foreign Affairs, 22 Feb. 2022
The road was rutted, and the drive was interrupted by sandstorms that swept in without warning, sometimes forcing us to a complete stop.
—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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sandstorm
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Recent rainstorms have provided some hope that cover crops — planted in autumn to slow erosion of farm fields through the winter — will sprout in time after weeks without precipitation, said Steve Connelly, deputy secretary of the Maryland Department of Agriculture.Christine Condon, Baltimore Sun, 29 Nov. 2024
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Last year, heavy rainstorms washed into the river thousands of tons of debris that took nearly five months to clear and broke several pumps in the sewage system.Jireh Deng, Los Angeles Times, 27 Nov. 2024
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Southwestern Atlantic: An area of low pressure is near the northern Bahamas, bringing disorganized showers and thunderstorms.Alexis Simmerman, Austin American-Statesman, 22 Nov. 2024
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Showers and thunderstorms associated with the brewing system were expected to bring heavy rain to the northern Leeward Islands, the Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, Hispaniola and the southeastern Bahamas through Saturday, the National Hurricane Center said.Christopher Cann, USA TODAY, 7 Nov. 2024
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The cold weather may have settled in, but the early Black Friday deals at Amazon are flooded with some spectacular savings.Wendy Vazquez, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 Nov. 2024
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Climate-change fueled extreme weather events are increasing the frequency and intensity of power outages across the U.S., harming communities and disrupting livelihoods.Nives Dolsak and Aseem Prakash, Forbes, 23 Nov. 2024
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The older trees themselves, more exposed in the landscape, could be more vulnerable to windstorms.April Ehrlich, ProPublica, 12 Nov. 2024
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The company continues to address the financial and operational impacts of the Maui windstorm and wildfires, including ongoing restoration efforts and insurance recovery processes.Quartz Bot, Quartz, 8 Nov. 2024
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For instance, there’s a scene in the car near the end when Helen and Bill [Paxton] get into a hailstorm.Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 19 July 2024
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Dallas-Fort Worth sits in an area at high risk for serious thunderstorms, hailstorms and tornadoes.Mira Rojanasakul, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2024
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And with rising temperatures come rising risks: stronger hurricanes in the Atlantic, more severe cloudbursts in storms across North America, increasing drought in the Great Plains, larger wildfires in the West.Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY, 4 Feb. 2024
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And with the climate’s rising temperature comes rising risks: stronger hurricanes in the Atlantic, more severe cloudbursts in storms across the continent, increasing drought on the Great Plains, larger wildfires in the West.Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY, 4 Feb. 2024
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In a sudden forecast turnabout, metro Detroit went from April thundershowers and tornado warnings one day to a warm, sunny day the next, with temperatures in the upcoming week expected to reach the 70s.Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press, 6 Apr. 2023
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Not your generic, garden-variety thundershower.Paul Douglas, Star Tribune, 29 Apr. 2021
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The three hurricanes combined also have been tied to 63 deaths in Florida.Jim Turner, Sun Sentinel, 26 Nov. 2024
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At a Sunday service just two days after the hurricane, Burke heard a sermon about community service.Alaa Elassar, CNN, 26 Nov. 2024
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“Sandstorm.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sandstorm. Accessed 3 Dec. 2024.
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