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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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Cannon established Coppermark and almost immediately reached out to Stephanie Lee, a roofing contractor and independent adjuster with extensive experience in hail, wind, and tornado damage.—
J.C. Hallman,
Oklahoman,
10 Feb. 2026
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Since reliable record-keeping for Austin weather began in the late 1890s, the region has experienced February temperatures ranging from 99 degrees in 1996, to below zero degrees in 1899, along with heavy snowfalls, destructive tornadoes and large hail.—
Newsroom Meteorologist,
Austin American Statesman,
7 Feb. 2026
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Case considered a blow to Hong Kong media Lai founded Apple Daily in 1995, two years before Hong Kong returned to Chinese rule after 156 years as a British colony.—
Kanis Leung,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Feb. 2026
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Liverpool were their own worst enemy as their hopes of Champions League qualification suffered another blow.—
James Pearce,
New York Times,
9 Feb. 2026
Noun
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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
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Nor'easters nearly always bring precipitation in the form of heavy rain or snow, as well as gale-force winds, rough seas, and, occasionally, coastal flooding.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
28 Jan. 2026
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Over the weekend, gusts of 50 to 73 mph were recorded on the islands, with the strongest winds downwind of the higher terrain, through valleys, and in other local acceleration areas.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
10 Feb. 2026
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Wind gusts up to 35 mph at lake level, with gusts reaching up to 70 mph along the Sierra crest.—
Bay Area Weather Report,
Mercury News,
10 Feb. 2026
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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 14 Feb. 2026.
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