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Fifty-five such events were picked up by the microphone over two Martian years, the researchers say, and the sparks were usually associated with dust devils and the fronts of dust storms.
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Nell Greenfieldboyce, NPR, 26 Nov. 2025
The wind picked up; a dust devil spun.
—Literary Hub, 21 Nov. 2025
But with wind, only the effects of its occurrence are ever visible — the ripples on the river water, the waving motion of tree branches, the dust devils rising up from the sides of a desert dune, the dishevelment of clothes occasioned by a particularly violent gust.
—Big Think, 18 Nov. 2025
The results showed that the dust devils and their surrounding winds can reach up to 44 m/s, or 160 km/h (100 mph).
—Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 9 Oct. 2025
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Nell Greenfieldboyce, NPR, 26 Nov. 2025
The wind picked up; a dust devil spun.
—Literary Hub, 21 Nov. 2025
But with wind, only the effects of its occurrence are ever visible — the ripples on the river water, the waving motion of tree branches, the dust devils rising up from the sides of a desert dune, the dishevelment of clothes occasioned by a particularly violent gust.
—Big Think, 18 Nov. 2025
The results showed that the dust devils and their surrounding winds can reach up to 44 m/s, or 160 km/h (100 mph).
—Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 9 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for dust devil
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“Dust devil.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dust%20devil. Accessed 28 Nov. 2025.
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