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Recent Examples of cyclone
The coastal cyclone is expected to bring moderate to heavy snow, along with high winds and possible blizzard conditions for the Carolinas through Saturday night, the weather service's Weather Prediction Center said in a forecast discussion.
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Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 31 Jan. 2026
Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni visited a southern town in Sicily on Wednesday that has been left teetering on the edge of a cliff after days of heavy rains from a cyclone triggered a huge landslide that brought down properties and forced the evacuation of over 1,500 people.
—Arkansas Online, 29 Jan. 2026
The bomb cyclone will also deliver strong winds to the coast.
—CNN Money, 29 Jan. 2026
The 2025 coaching cycle was more like a cyclone that ravaged coaching staffs from Baton Rouge to Blacksburg to Berkeley.
—Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 21 Jan. 2026
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Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 31 Jan. 2026
Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni visited a southern town in Sicily on Wednesday that has been left teetering on the edge of a cliff after days of heavy rains from a cyclone triggered a huge landslide that brought down properties and forced the evacuation of over 1,500 people.
—Arkansas Online, 29 Jan. 2026
The bomb cyclone will also deliver strong winds to the coast.
—CNN Money, 29 Jan. 2026
The 2025 coaching cycle was more like a cyclone that ravaged coaching staffs from Baton Rouge to Blacksburg to Berkeley.
—Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 21 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cyclone
Noun
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Thousands of people lost power when the hurricane-strength winds roared through the area.—
Judith Kohler,
Denver Post,
27 Jan. 2026
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At the time, South Florida was still recovering from the the 1926 hurricane that flattened the area.—
Miami Herald Archives,
Miami Herald,
26 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Her characters often demonstrated how quickly and seamlessly a cyclone of cheerful mannerisms could morph into a wailing typhoon of uncorked madness.—
Merrill Markoe,
Rolling Stone,
1 Feb. 2026
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Major typhoons in 2018 and 2022 brought intense rainfall that damaged terraces across the Cordillera.—
Stephen Acabado,
The Conversation,
15 Jan. 2026
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“Cyclone.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cyclone. Accessed 8 Feb. 2026.
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