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Recent Examples of windstorm
The Los Angeles Region Small Business and Worker Relief Funds provide direct support to businesses, nonprofits and workers affected by the windstorm and wildfires that occurred in January.
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Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 11 Mar. 2025
The shelter faced unprecedented challenges in 2024, due to the rise in animals abandoned during Hurricane Beryl in July and a Derecho windstorm in May.
—William Lambers, Newsweek, 10 Mar. 2025
The fires, which started during a ferocious windstorm and after almost no rain had fallen in greater Los Angeles since the spring, have killed at least 29 people and torched more than 16,000 buildings, including homes, stores and schools.
—Evan Bush, NBC News, 28 Jan. 2025
Proof of permanent disruption including structural loss, damage or temporary disruption (closure of the worksite) to work location or residence due to the windstorm and wildfires.
—Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 11 Mar. 2025
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Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 11 Mar. 2025
The shelter faced unprecedented challenges in 2024, due to the rise in animals abandoned during Hurricane Beryl in July and a Derecho windstorm in May.
—William Lambers, Newsweek, 10 Mar. 2025
The fires, which started during a ferocious windstorm and after almost no rain had fallen in greater Los Angeles since the spring, have killed at least 29 people and torched more than 16,000 buildings, including homes, stores and schools.
—Evan Bush, NBC News, 28 Jan. 2025
Proof of permanent disruption including structural loss, damage or temporary disruption (closure of the worksite) to work location or residence due to the windstorm and wildfires.
—Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 11 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for windstorm
Noun
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This means conditions are ripe for tornadoes to form.—
Jeanine Santucci,
USA Today,
17 May 2025
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By Friday, the risk for long-track tornadoes intensifies across parts of the Mississippi and Tennessee valleys.—
Joe Edwards,
MSNBC Newsweek,
15 May 2025
Noun
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In the rear of an IndyCar vehicle is a safety device called an attenuator, designed to cushion the blow from a rear impact into the wall.—
Jeff Gluck,
New York Times,
22 May 2025
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The lawyers claim the measure signed into law by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis this month has already dealt significant blows to campaigns to expand Medicaid and legalize recreational marijuana in the state.—
Kate Payne,
Sun Sentinel,
22 May 2025
Noun
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Eyewitnesses described furious gales and hurricane-like winds that left an avalanche of debris near the pier.—
Lex Harvey,
CNN Money,
15 May 2025
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Fierce gales hit the Irish Sea in late October 1859.—
Danny Robb,
JSTOR Daily,
14 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Wind gusts of up to 40 mph and marble-sized hail (0.5 inches) are anticipated.—
STAR-TELEGRAM WEATHER BOT,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
17 May 2025
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Wind gusts of up to 50 mph and pea-sized hail (0.25 inches) are anticipated.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
17 May 2025
Noun
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Plagued by the tempests of drugs, murder, corruption and other vices of biblical proportion for much of the past five decades, residents in this tiny burg just south of Chicago are seeing a ray of divine hope in their most famous native son, Pope Leo XIV.—
Michael Loria,
USA Today,
19 May 2025
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Even Fox News, known for finding even the tiniest silver lining in any Trump tempest, offered little relief to the president’s MAGA supporters in light of recent polls.—
Clarence Page,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Apr. 2025
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Despite some heavy rainstorms and squalls of snow in recent months, the Sierra Nevada snowpack today stands at 90% of average, according to state officials.—
CalMatters,
Mercury News,
1 Apr. 2025
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The world of Rudolph’s movie is awash in the blather and squall of media.—
Richard Brody,
The New Yorker,
14 Feb. 2025
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“Windstorm.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/windstorm. Accessed 30 May. 2025.
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