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Recent Examples of sandstorm
Camel hoof prints are carved into the sandy floor and the palm trees even look faded from decades of being blasted by sandstorms.
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Caroline Reid, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2025
Sand Vision is made to give the driver better visibility during a sandstorm.
—New Atlas, 15 Aug. 2025
Cadillac One of the car's features, Sand Vision, utilizes existing and similar Night Vision technology to help a driver see in a sandstorm when otherwise blinded.
—Eileen Falkenberg-Hull, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Aug. 2025
Blending documentary and fiction, the film tells the story of Mongolian herders Davaasuren Dagvasuren and Otgonzaya Dashzeveg who make the difficult decision to leave their homelands after the arrival of a powerful and destructive sandstorm, a situation made worse by the climate crisis.
—Abid Rahman, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019
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Caroline Reid, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2025
Sand Vision is made to give the driver better visibility during a sandstorm.
—New Atlas, 15 Aug. 2025
Cadillac One of the car's features, Sand Vision, utilizes existing and similar Night Vision technology to help a driver see in a sandstorm when otherwise blinded.
—Eileen Falkenberg-Hull, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Aug. 2025
Blending documentary and fiction, the film tells the story of Mongolian herders Davaasuren Dagvasuren and Otgonzaya Dashzeveg who make the difficult decision to leave their homelands after the arrival of a powerful and destructive sandstorm, a situation made worse by the climate crisis.
—Abid Rahman, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sandstorm
Noun
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With the Dolphins’ inability to stop the run and Sunday’s potential rainstorm, Judkins could be in for a huge day.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
19 Oct. 2025
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Grab a handful of soil after a rainstorm or watering session.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
Southern Living,
18 Oct. 2025
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The probability of lightning strikes rises as a thunderstorm approaches and peaks when the storm is directly above.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
14 Oct. 2025
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The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 35 statute miles east and west of a line from 15 miles west northwest of Paso Robles CA to 20 miles southwest of Los Angeles CA.—
Joe Edwards,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Cooler weather is expected to settle on southeastern Wisconsin this week.—
Steven Martinez,
jsonline.com,
21 Oct. 2025
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What is The Old Farmer's Almanac Thanksgiving 2025 weather forecast?—
Kaycee Sloan,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
21 Oct. 2025
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Indiana's own fall colors might arrive earlier because of potentially cold October temperatures and a stray windstorm or two from the Gulf.—
John Tufts,
IndyStar,
4 Sep. 2025
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Kathy Smith, who’s with the Great Lakes Indian Fish and Wildlife Commission, said a windstorm in mid-June produced widespread damage and heavy rain across northern Wisconsin, affecting many wild rice beds.—
Frank Vaisvilas,
jsonline.com,
2 Sep. 2025
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As Morgenthau tells it, Fishkill Farms began allowing customers to pick their own fruit after a major hailstorm damaged their crop in the 1980s.—
Sophie Caldwell,
CNBC,
9 Oct. 2025
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After a late-summer hailstorm caused millions of dollars in damage to a Colorado Springs neighborhood, residents expected to face some repair costs – but not the nearly $21,000 bill sent to each family by their homeowner’s association.—
Lauren Penington,
Denver Post,
4 Oct. 2025
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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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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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When its winds reach 74 mph, the storm officially becomes a hurricane.—
Gabe Hauari,
USA Today,
15 Oct. 2025
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Three hurricanes—Erin, Gabrielle, and Humberto—intensified to at least Category 4 at their peak, with both Erin and Humberto reaching Category 5 intensity, though all of them did so over the Atlantic rather than on land.—
Simmone Shah,
Time,
14 Oct. 2025
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“Sandstorm.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sandstorm. Accessed 22 Oct. 2025.
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