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Recent Examples of waterspout
There is also a chance of small hail, and waterspouts over waters off the California coast.
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Chandelis Duster, NPR, 26 Jan. 2025
With those factors added together, there was little to stop the tornado (at that point a waterspout) from becoming a monster.
—Matthew Cappucci The Washington Post, arkansasonline.com, 31 Dec. 2024
Intense waterspouts spin uncontrollably atop the water, threatening to wreck anything in its path.
—Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Nov. 2024
Experts have said the conditions were ripe for a waterspout.
—Alec Luhn, WIRED, 21 Aug. 2024
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Chandelis Duster, NPR, 26 Jan. 2025
With those factors added together, there was little to stop the tornado (at that point a waterspout) from becoming a monster.
—Matthew Cappucci The Washington Post, arkansasonline.com, 31 Dec. 2024
Intense waterspouts spin uncontrollably atop the water, threatening to wreck anything in its path.
—Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Nov. 2024
Experts have said the conditions were ripe for a waterspout.
—Alec Luhn, WIRED, 21 Aug. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for waterspout
gutter
Noun
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Clean gutters regularly so water flows away from your house and doesn’t back up into the soffits and under the roofline.—
Arricca Elin SanSone,
Southern Living,
30 June 2025
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According to specifications provided by INDOT, the roundabout will consist of a 140-foot diameter roundabout with one 19-foot circulatory travel lane bordered by concrete curb and gutter and a 15-foot truck apron.—
Deborah Laverty,
Chicago Tribune,
25 June 2025
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“Waterspout.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/waterspout. Accessed 4 Jul. 2025.
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