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hailstorms

noun

plural of hailstorm

as in rainstorms

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Noun

Mosquitoes thrive in the wet conditions and high humidity that follows rainstorms.

— Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 20 Aug. 2026
The fall came a day after Styles had to delay his first show in Mexico City on Saturday due to heavy rainstorms in the area.

— Leigh Blickley, Entertainment Weekly, 3 Aug. 2026

Definition of rainstorms

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Last year, cloudbursts, floods and landslides caused significant loss of life and property across India.

— ABC News, ABC News, 8 July 2026
The storm, which hit the New York area in October, 2012, unlocked billions of dollars in resilience spending, with hurricanes, rather than heat waves or cloudbursts, as the focus.

— Eric Klinenberg, New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2026

Definition of cloudbursts

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Our sales really dipped amidst some pretty terrible snowstorms.

— Karla Walsh, Midwest Living, 17 Aug. 2026
Millions tuned in to watch her weather snowstorms, raise eaglets with her mate Shadow, and soar above Big Bear Lake, turning a wildlife camera into one of the internet's most beloved windows into nature.

— James Ward, USA Today, 11 Aug. 2026

Definition of snowstorms

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Grandma, irrelevantly but convincingly, spoke of wars, blizzards and trekking barefoot to school.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 July 2026
Benji’s father is a volatile patriarch who grills during blizzards and hits him for failing to manfully respond to a classmate’s racist slight.

— Julian Lucas, New Yorker, 22 June 2026

Definition of blizzards

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