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Recent Examples of windstorm
An Australian Shepherd lost in a windstorm over the weekend was reunited with her distressed owner, with some help from a thermal drone.
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Claire Wang, Oc Register, 13 Jan. 2026
The agency has advised residents to stay in the lower levels of their home during the windstorm and to avoid windows.
—Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 9 Jan. 2026
The prevailing theory at least, is that dormant electrical lines that stretch up and over Eaton Canyon … were electrified in the windstorm ahead of the fire breaking out in Altadena.
—Tonya Mosley, NPR, 5 Jan. 2026
Remain in the lower levels of your home during the windstorm, and avoid windows.
—Ca Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 24 Dec. 2025
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Claire Wang, Oc Register, 13 Jan. 2026
The agency has advised residents to stay in the lower levels of their home during the windstorm and to avoid windows.
—Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 9 Jan. 2026
The prevailing theory at least, is that dormant electrical lines that stretch up and over Eaton Canyon … were electrified in the windstorm ahead of the fire breaking out in Altadena.
—Tonya Mosley, NPR, 5 Jan. 2026
Remain in the lower levels of your home during the windstorm, and avoid windows.
—Ca Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 24 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for windstorm
Noun
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Storms could produce damaging wind gusts, frequent lightning, downpours, and an isolated tornado, according to the Storm Prediction Center.—
Doyle Rice,
USA Today,
17 Feb. 2026
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Stay tuned to local news or a NOAA Weather Radio for continuous updates on tornado watches and warnings.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
17 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Now there’s clear animosity between the teams, which is intriguing for the casual viewer but a blow to the curling community.—
Julia Frankel,
Chicago Tribune,
15 Feb. 2026
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In an attempt to cushion this blow, Congress created a $50-billion Rural Health Transformation Project.—
Ana B. Ibarra,
Los Angeles Times,
15 Feb. 2026
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Searchers have discovered the wreck of a luxury steamer that sank in a Lake Michigan gale in the late 19th century, completing a quest that began almost 60 years ago.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
16 Feb. 2026
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Beginning in Anchorage and finishing in Nome, competitors race through blizzards, sub-zero temperatures and gale force winds in a racing event that crosses through a rugged landscape of tundra and spruce forests, over hills and mountain passes, across rivers and even over sea ice.—
Jack Bantock,
CNN Money,
3 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Residents may experience wind gusts of up to 50 mph.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
18 Feb. 2026
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Storms could produce damaging wind gusts, frequent lightning, downpours, and an isolated tornado, according to the Storm Prediction Center.—
Doyle Rice,
USA Today,
17 Feb. 2026
Noun
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The catalyst of the looming tempest is the Morton Amphitheater, which will open this summer in Riverside with 30 or more concerts already on the schedule.—
Dan Kelly,
Kansas City Star,
27 Jan. 2026
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New motherhood is always a maelstrom, but the new new motherhood, it has lately been suggested, has become a tempest of a different, close-to-unbearable order.—
Rebecca Mead,
New Yorker,
19 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Snow squalls can come up on drivers suddenly and can lead to near-zero visibility within minutes.—
Bill Kelly,
CBS News,
7 Feb. 2026
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Stunningly losing your quarterback 60 minutes from the Super Bowl isn’t a squall.—
Parker Gabriel,
Denver Post,
24 Jan. 2026
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“Windstorm.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/windstorm. Accessed 21 Feb. 2026.
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