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Recent Examples of hailstorm
John Mateer has successfully steered the Sooners through a hailstorm of talented opposition to put his side on the brink of a first CFP berth since December 2019.
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Ben Verbrugge, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Nov. 2025
But extremely costly hailstorms are getting more likely in the United States, researchers warn.
—Rebecca Hersher, NPR, 13 Nov. 2025
The director’s handling of mystical visions that haunt Ray is less than seamless, but his embrace of elemental forces is effective, particularly a hailstorm of near-biblical proportions that proves cathartic.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 28 Sep. 2025
Transportation officials say that heavy rains in the past two weeks — hailstorms were also one of the biblical plagues — have delayed repair work.
—Dan Barry, New York Times, 18 May 2025
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Ben Verbrugge, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Nov. 2025
But extremely costly hailstorms are getting more likely in the United States, researchers warn.
—Rebecca Hersher, NPR, 13 Nov. 2025
The director’s handling of mystical visions that haunt Ray is less than seamless, but his embrace of elemental forces is effective, particularly a hailstorm of near-biblical proportions that proves cathartic.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 28 Sep. 2025
Transportation officials say that heavy rains in the past two weeks — hailstorms were also one of the biblical plagues — have delayed repair work.
—Dan Barry, New York Times, 18 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hailstorm
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Multiple tornado warnings hit Oklahoma early Thursday as a line of severe thunderstorm systems moved in.—
Cheyenne Derksen,
Oklahoman,
8 Jan. 2026
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Earlier in the afternoon, the weather service issued a severe thunderstorm warnings for areas north of the metro, but those warnings have since expired.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
8 Jan. 2026
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One customer, an 82-year-old retired carpenter, told CBS News New York several months after Radiant Solar installed solar panels on his roof, his ceiling collapsed following an intense rainstorm.—
Katie Houlis,
CBS News,
29 Jan. 2026
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They get caught in a rainstorm on their way back to London and stop at his cottage until the storm passes.—
Monica Mercuri,
Forbes.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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The industrial tent, located east of Windsor on Highway 392, was destroyed after the windstorm late last week.—
Dillon Thomas,
CBS News,
20 Jan. 2026
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The windstorm also caused the Colorado Department of Public Health and the Environment to issue an air quality health advisory for the plains, noting that significant blowing dust that reduces visibility to less than 10 miles could impact people with health conditions, older adults and children.—
Bruce Finley,
Denver Post,
16 Jan. 2026
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Also, the cold weather is forecast to get much worse from Sunday, with temperatures dropping even further and making the time frame for a pause in attacks hard to understand.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
31 Jan. 2026
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Totals in these areas are generally expected to be lower, but even an inch or less of snow would be disruptive in places like Atlanta that rarely see winter weather.—
Briana Waxman,
CNN Money,
30 Jan. 2026
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The whole experience tasted of the sea and the end of summer, punctuated by soft little cloudbursts on the palate.—
The Bon Appétit Staff,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
29 Sep. 2025
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The Rockies’ epic drought ended with a cloudburst of terrific pitching by Tanner Gordon and one of the feel-good moments of the season coming from a most unlikely source.—
Patrick Saunders,
Denver Post,
13 Sep. 2025
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Sherrill made the announcement Saturday, a day after declaring a state of emergency amid freezing temperatures and the massive snowstorm that started early this morning.—
Mark Prussin,
CBS News,
25 Jan. 2026
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Tickets here The snowstorm that hit the state Saturday prevented thousands of fans from making the trip to Northwest Arkansas, but the game was listed as a sellout at Walton Arena due to ticket sales, even if they weren't all used.—
Tom Murphy,
Arkansas Online,
25 Jan. 2026
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This would create near blizzard conditions.—
Matthew Villafane,
CBS News,
25 Jan. 2026
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The mayor noted that a similar donation drive during a past blizzard was a great morale booster for the crews.—
Jack Perry,
The Providence Journal,
23 Jan. 2026
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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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Speaking under dark clouds minutes after a thundershower drenched onlookers, Ms. Truss leaned on the weather as a metaphor for the economic challenges facing Britain.—
Stephen Castle,
New York Times,
6 Sep. 2022
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“Hailstorm.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hailstorm. Accessed 31 Jan. 2026.
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