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Recent Examples of hailstorm
On a Monday afternoon last spring, a highly localized hailstorm with golf-ball sized ice chunks struck Will’s farm.
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U.s. Rep. Rosa Delauro, Hartford Courant, 14 Jan. 2025
That’s right, despite being caught in what one can only describe as a hailstorm of bullets, not a single human was fatally wounded.
—Andy Swift, TVLine, 7 Jan. 2025
So far, there have been no reports of serious damage from the hailstorm.
—Hannah Parry, Newsweek, 25 Dec. 2024
Another reported the shed even survived a big hailstorm without a scratch.
—Miles Walls, People.com, 21 Dec. 2024
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U.s. Rep. Rosa Delauro, Hartford Courant, 14 Jan. 2025
That’s right, despite being caught in what one can only describe as a hailstorm of bullets, not a single human was fatally wounded.
—Andy Swift, TVLine, 7 Jan. 2025
So far, there have been no reports of serious damage from the hailstorm.
—Hannah Parry, Newsweek, 25 Dec. 2024
Another reported the shed even survived a big hailstorm without a scratch.
—Miles Walls, People.com, 21 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hailstorm
Noun
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The probability of lightning strikes rises as a thunderstorm approaches and peaks when the storm is directly above.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
17 May 2025
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On May 17, damaging thunderstorms are likely in parts of Texas and Oklahoma through Tennessee and western Georgia.—
Jeanine Santucci,
USA Today,
17 May 2025
Noun
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Our boat stalled in the middle of the lake during a sudden rainstorm, and another vessel had to come to our rescue.—
Jenzia Burgos,
StyleCaster,
23 Apr. 2025
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Although operations stopped earlier this month, hauling is likely to resume after future rainstorms, the county said.—
Dakota Smith,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Apr. 2025
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Especially valuable for biodiversity are areas of regenerating forests that grow after fires or other disturbances such as windstorms, in places where live and dead trees in the disturbed forests have not been cut.—
Reed Frederick Noss,
The Conversation,
16 Apr. 2025
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And Manzanar is known for incredible windstorms and dust storms.—
Ari Daniel,
Smithsonian Magazine,
3 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Seal any unwanted openings with fine mesh, caulk or weather stripping.—
Greta Cross,
USA Today,
20 May 2025
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Climate change is also warming waters and altering weather patterns, disturbing both the freshwater and ocean stages of the salmon life cycle.—
Cheryl Katz,
Smithsonian Magazine,
19 May 2025
Noun
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And with rising temperatures come rising risks: stronger hurricanes in the Atlantic, more severe cloudbursts in storms across North America, increasing drought in the Great Plains, larger wildfires in the West.—
Elizabeth Weise,
USA TODAY,
4 Feb. 2024
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And with the climate’s rising temperature comes rising risks: stronger hurricanes in the Atlantic, more severe cloudbursts in storms across the continent, increasing drought on the Great Plains, larger wildfires in the West.—
Elizabeth Weise,
USA TODAY,
4 Feb. 2024
Noun
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In a sudden forecast turnabout, metro Detroit went from April thundershowers and tornado warnings one day to a warm, sunny day the next, with temperatures in the upcoming week expected to reach the 70s.—
Frank Witsil,
Detroit Free Press,
6 Apr. 2023
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Not your generic, garden-variety thundershower.—
Paul Douglas,
Star Tribune,
29 Apr. 2021
Noun
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Prosecutors say Read hit O’Keefe with her Lexus SUV in a drunken rage and left him to die during a snowstorm in 2022.—
Karissa Waddick,
USA Today,
20 May 2025
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For hedonic well-being, think of eating a mind-blowing cookie, laughing at a funny social media post, or lounging by a fireplace during a snowstorm.—
Jancee Dunn,
New York Times,
2 May 2025
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By then, prosecutors allege O'Keefe had been mortally injured by the rear end of Read's Lexus SUV and left for dead as a blizzard picked up strength.—
Michael Ruiz,
FOXNews.com,
7 May 2025
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However, prosecutors allege that a drunk and angry Read knowingly slammed her SUV into her boyfriend -- Boston police officer John O'Keefe -- outside of a get-together at another officer's home and left him to die in a blizzard in January 2022.—
Jon Haworth,
ABC News,
23 Apr. 2025
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“Hailstorm.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hailstorm. Accessed 23 May. 2025.
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