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Recent Examples of cyclone
One year a cyclone wiped out 30 percent of farmers’ production.
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Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 18 Feb. 2026
Castaways first battle the elements when a second cyclone forces an evacuation and a pause to the game.
—Christopher Kuhagen, jsonline.com, 16 Feb. 2026
Federal authorities said the man lurking behind the cyclone fence was Routh.
—Claire Heddles, Miami Herald, 4 Feb. 2026
The polar vortex is a persistent, large-scale cyclone that circles the Arctic and contains extremely cold air.
—Brandi D. Addison, Cincinnati Enquirer, 3 Feb. 2026
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Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 18 Feb. 2026
Castaways first battle the elements when a second cyclone forces an evacuation and a pause to the game.
—Christopher Kuhagen, jsonline.com, 16 Feb. 2026
Federal authorities said the man lurking behind the cyclone fence was Routh.
—Claire Heddles, Miami Herald, 4 Feb. 2026
The polar vortex is a persistent, large-scale cyclone that circles the Arctic and contains extremely cold air.
—Brandi D. Addison, Cincinnati Enquirer, 3 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cyclone
Noun
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Power restoration will take days following the hurricane-force wicked winds and heavy wet snow, officials warn.—
Rick Sobey,
Boston Herald,
24 Feb. 2026
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Though both storms are similar — with a major storm system lingering over the region for over a day and whipping the region with merciless hurricane-level winds, driving inch after inch of wet snow — what made the 1978 storm so devastating was the apparent suddenness of its arrival.—
Doyle Rice,
USA Today,
24 Feb. 2026
Noun
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In an interview with the Library of Congress Veterans History Project, Williams mentioned not only having survived multiple typhoons but six Kamikaze attacks during the invasions of Iwo Jima and Okinawa, as well as attacks by suicide swimmers and suicide boats.—
Denise Crosby,
Chicago Tribune,
22 Feb. 2026
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In the 1950s, land reclamation transformed former swamplands and a typhoon shelter into today’s Victoria Park and Causeway Bay.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
22 Feb. 2026
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“Cyclone.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cyclone. Accessed 3 Mar. 2026.
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