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Recent Examples of sandstorm
Set in 1983, the series follows the sub-orbital space vehicle the Spindrift, whose crew was shrunk after getting caught up in a sandstorm.
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Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 25 Feb. 2025
In it, a family shield their faces, and each other, from a sandstorm, huddled in a tight mass of interlocking bodies.
—Aruna D’souza, New York Times, 16 Jan. 2025
The mission was aborted when three of eight helicopters deployed were disabled, in part because of a sandstorm.
—Lawrence Wright, The New Yorker, 29 Dec. 2024
The kingdom’s technical hurdles to solar—such as frequent sandstorms and the need for desalinated water—may be a blessing in disguise in terms of innovation.
—Sagatom Saha, Foreign Affairs, 6 June 2017
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Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 25 Feb. 2025
In it, a family shield their faces, and each other, from a sandstorm, huddled in a tight mass of interlocking bodies.
—Aruna D’souza, New York Times, 16 Jan. 2025
The mission was aborted when three of eight helicopters deployed were disabled, in part because of a sandstorm.
—Lawrence Wright, The New Yorker, 29 Dec. 2024
The kingdom’s technical hurdles to solar—such as frequent sandstorms and the need for desalinated water—may be a blessing in disguise in terms of innovation.
—Sagatom Saha, Foreign Affairs, 6 June 2017
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sandstorm
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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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
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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
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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
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The summer and fall months are a busy time of year for severe weather in the U.S., from heat waves and hurricanes to heavy downpours and hailstorms.—
Rebecca Hersher,
NPR,
19 May 2025
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Other parts of the world that have damaging hailstorms include China, Russia, India and northern Italy.—
Doyle Rice,
USA TODAY,
23 June 2010
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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
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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
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The acting administrator of FEMA was also fired on Thursday, mere weeks before the start of hurricane season.—
Jade Walker,
CNN Money,
9 May 2025
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A week after the hurricane, back in Milwaukee, Alonso hit the ninth-inning Wild Card Series-winning homer that vaulted the Mets over the Brewers into an NL Division Series against the Philadelphia Phillies.—
Barry M. Bloom,
Sportico.com,
8 May 2025
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“Sandstorm.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sandstorm. Accessed 23 May. 2025.
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