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Recent Examples of cyclone
One day, Clark, who rides his recumbent bike into the city, is reporting on a cyclone when he nearly gets decapitated by a flying stop sign.
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Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 27 Feb. 2026
The bomb cyclone delivered historic impacts to cities across the Northeast, becoming the biggest snowstorm on record for Providence, Rhode Island.
—Danya Gainor, CNN Money, 24 Feb. 2026
Here’s the latest casualty of the bomb cyclone gripping the Northeast this week.
—Erik Pedersen, Deadline, 23 Feb. 2026
One year a cyclone wiped out 30 percent of farmers’ production.
—Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 18 Feb. 2026
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Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 27 Feb. 2026
The bomb cyclone delivered historic impacts to cities across the Northeast, becoming the biggest snowstorm on record for Providence, Rhode Island.
—Danya Gainor, CNN Money, 24 Feb. 2026
Here’s the latest casualty of the bomb cyclone gripping the Northeast this week.
—Erik Pedersen, Deadline, 23 Feb. 2026
One year a cyclone wiped out 30 percent of farmers’ production.
—Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 18 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cyclone
Noun
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In October, Hurricane Melissa slammed into Cuba’s eastern province of Santiago de Cuba as a powerful Category 3 hurricane, with maximim sustained winds of nearly 120 mph.—
David Goodhue
March 16,
Miami Herald,
17 Mar. 2026
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But now, hurricanes and global pandemics be damned, Little Dix Bay is back and better than ever.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
17 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Hurricanes, typhoons, and cyclones definitions Hurricanes form in the Atlantic basin, along with the eastern and central Pacific basins.—
Jeanine Santucci,
USA Today,
20 Mar. 2026
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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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“Cyclone.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cyclone. Accessed 23 Mar. 2026.
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