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Recent Examples of windstorm
The 2023 jury found the Berkshire utility liable for negligently failing to shut down power lines during a powerful windstorm, contributing to four separate wildfires that caused significant property damage.
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Alex Crippen, CNBC, 11 Apr. 2026
Despite a cold, weeknight windstorm, Cody residents turned out in force for Protect Wyoming’s first public event this week.
—Natalie Krebs, Outdoor Life, 3 Apr. 2026
The program would offer grants of up to $10,000 to allow homeowners to retrofit their property to better protect them from hurricane, tornado, hail and other windstorm damage.
—Alex Rozier, ABC News, 3 Apr. 2026
Strong winds can make travel difficult, the advisory warned, urging residents to take extra caution, including watching for falling debris and trees and, in high-wind warning zones, remaining in the lower levels of their home during a windstorm and avoiding windows.
—Alexandra Del Rosario, Los Angeles Times, 7 Mar. 2026
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Alex Crippen, CNBC, 11 Apr. 2026
Despite a cold, weeknight windstorm, Cody residents turned out in force for Protect Wyoming’s first public event this week.
—Natalie Krebs, Outdoor Life, 3 Apr. 2026
The program would offer grants of up to $10,000 to allow homeowners to retrofit their property to better protect them from hurricane, tornado, hail and other windstorm damage.
—Alex Rozier, ABC News, 3 Apr. 2026
Strong winds can make travel difficult, the advisory warned, urging residents to take extra caution, including watching for falling debris and trees and, in high-wind warning zones, remaining in the lower levels of their home during a windstorm and avoiding windows.
—Alexandra Del Rosario, Los Angeles Times, 7 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for windstorm
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Supercells are more likely to produce tornadoes than other types of thunderstorms, but twisters are still possible in other storms elsewhere in the Midwest and into parts of the Plains.—
Mary Gilbert,
CNN Money,
17 June 2026
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Large and long-lived tornadoes are possible, along with destructive wind gusts up to 80 mph, and hail up to the size of baseballs.—
Kenton Gewecke,
ABC News,
16 June 2026
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The rookie took a deep breath, settled into his stance and watched as Houston’s pitcher, Enyel De Los Santos, attempted to deliver the final blow.—
Latif Love
June 14,
Kansas City Star,
14 June 2026
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Star third baseman José Ramírez broke a bone in his left hand on a swing Saturday and will be sidelined for an indefinite period, a massive blow to the two-time defending AL Central champions.—
Tom Withers,
Chicago Tribune,
14 June 2026
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Ponson had heard the lore of fast-developing storms in the northern Gulf — systems that escaped the notice of meteorologists — before exploding into near-gale winds, towering waves and rare but deadly storms.—
Kelly McGreal,
FOXNews.com,
5 Apr. 2026
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The sky’s surreal red hues were reminiscent of apocalyptic scenes over Crete where the storm that hit the island with gale-force winds combined with a Saharan dust storm.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
2 Apr. 2026
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Damaging wind gusts potentially topping 75 mph will take over as the main threat later Wednesday night, with individual storms expected to merge into cohesive lines from eastern Kansas first and eventually expand to western Ohio.—
Mary Gilbert,
CNN Money,
17 June 2026
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The National Weather Service warned of winds from the west of 15 to 30 mph with gusts of up to 40 to 50 mph and low relative humidity.—
Phil Helsel,
NBC news,
17 June 2026
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One version of the nation’s history anchors itself in the efforts to navigate those tempests, to better the imperfect tools bequeathed to us by imperfect men.—
Jelani Cobb,
New Yorker,
4 May 2026
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For now, Buttigieg has chosen to wait out the tempests in Traverse City, the hometown of his husband, Chasten, a former schoolteacher.—
Graeme Wood,
The Atlantic,
3 Mar. 2026
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The most intense squalls, triggered by a rapidly cooling upper atmosphere, can have strong wind gusts, thunder and even lightning.—
Anna Skinner,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Nov. 2025
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The album’s wintry electronic sound, full of guitar squalls and synth blares that slash through chasms of negative space, offers the inverse of El-P’s typically bustling style.—
Pitchfork,
Pitchfork,
30 Sep. 2025
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“Windstorm.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/windstorm. Accessed 17 Jun. 2026.
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