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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
Noun
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Emotionally, militarily, even symbolically, this is a devastating blow to the Black Queen and her cause.—
Sean T. Collins,
Vulture,
22 June 2026
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When Lucerys refuses, Aemond chases Lucerys on his dragon, seemingly meaning to injure him rather than kill him, but his dragon, Vhagar, delivers a fatal blow to Rhaenyra’s son.—
Skyler Trepel,
PEOPLE,
22 June 2026
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Benintendi was told by announcer Len Kasper before the game that the wind was a gale blowing out, which was perfect for his moment.—
Paul Sullivan,
Chicago Tribune,
19 June 2026
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Iceland, in particular, is gifted with regular gale-force winds; summer days can rotate between sun, sleet, and snow; and the terrain requires special knowledge to safely navigate.—
Erika Owen,
Condé Nast Traveler,
16 June 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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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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SpaceX, privately held, was insulated from that PR tempest.—
Jeffrey Kluger,
Time,
12 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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Cold rain fell in an endless drizzle, broken only by harder squalls.—
Fred Bear,
Outdoor Life,
11 June 2026
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The latter, in particular, braids the bittersweet melodies of anorak-sporting vintage twee with ear-bleeding country-grunge that evokes Meat Puppets’ heaviest squalls.—
Colin Joyce,
Pitchfork,
1 May 2026
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“Windstorm.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/windstorm. Accessed 23 Jun. 2026.
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