hurricanes

noun

plural of hurricane
as in disturbances
a state of noisy, confused activity economic news that unleashed a hurricane on the trading floor

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Recent Examples of hurricanes Lessons from managing extreme cold, floods, and hurricanes offer a blueprint for adaptation. — Nicole F. Roberts, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026 When hurricanes devastated the area in 1900 and 1915, the oyster industry remained strong. — Gabi De La Rosa, Southern Living, 29 July 2026 From tornadoes in the Panhandle to floods in the Hill Country and of hurricanes along the Gulf Coast, Texas can see it all. — Rachel Royster, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 July 2026 Mold exposure is a recurring problem in the wake of hurricanes, floods and other natural disasters influenced by climate change, researchers have found. — ABC News, 29 July 2026 The harder part is carrying nearly 100 years of family history on his shoulders while figuring out how to keep the operation alive through hurricanes, federal regulators and a rapidly changing Florida tourism industry. — Amber Harding Outkick, FOXNews.com, 28 July 2026 When hurricanes come ashore in Miami, their waves take big bites out of the coastline, chewing up sand and waterfront properties alike. — Alex Harris july 22, Miami Herald, 22 July 2026 Sea surface temperatures are unusually high in the part of the Atlantic where hurricanes are born. — Ava Berger, NPR, 22 July 2026 Although hurricanes are still possible, as several formed in the Atlantic basin in 2023-24 during the last El Nino year. — Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 20 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hurricanes
  1. disturbances
  2. commotions
  3. storms
  4. stirs
  5. turmoils
  6. noises
Noun
  • Officers say the changes are aimed at addressing a recent rise in overnight disturbances while reassuring visitors and businesses that Old Sacramento remains a safe destination.
    — Ashley Sharp, CBS News, 31 July 2026
  • They are identified as brain activity accompanied with multisensory disturbances and sometimes don’t even cause the signature intense pain.
    — Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 30 July 2026
Definition of disturbances
Noun
  • Over the past year, men’s ski jumping has been marred by Norway’s cheating scandal and more recent genital manipulation rumors, which has become one of the early commotions of the Milano-Cortina Games.
    — Sara Germano, Sportico.com, 8 Feb. 2026
Definition of commotions
Noun
  • The chance of rain reaching the Kansas City metro from the morning storms is low, but there’s another chance of pop-up storms with heavy downpours possible Wednesday afternoon and evening, forecasters said.
    — Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 29 July 2026
  • The active pattern comes after days of weather extremes across the country, including destructive storms in the Midwest, flooding concerns in the East, dangerous heat across the South and wildfires in the West.
    — Brandi D. Addison, USA Today, 29 July 2026
Definition of storms
Noun
  • Refrigerated pie crust helps this pie come together with just a few stirs of the whisk.
    — Patricia S York, Southern Living, 19 Apr. 2026
Definition of stirs
Noun
  • About two couples, connected and dependent on one another, raising their kids alongside each other, facing the same turmoils, the same existential questions.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Mayer and Strong offer a broad pop-history lesson, in which the same tensions and turmoils churn on and on in their terrible cycle throughout the decades; the only thing that’s changed are the aesthetics.
    — Richard Lawson, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019
Definition of turmoils
Noun
  • The training will include blank ammunition and training rounds, along with a significant presence of emergency vehicles and loud noises, police said.
    — Daniel Lempres, Sacbee.com, 31 July 2026
  • Despite his crude humor and lewd noises, this goofy guy is admittedly kind of cute.
    — Kelsey Legg, ABC News, 31 July 2026
Definition of noises

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