as in disturbances
a state of noisy, confused activity
economic news that unleashed a hurricane on the trading floor
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Recent Examples of hurricanes
While relocating to Florida has its benefits—great weather, a large retirement community, and tax benefits—Investopedia notes that the state experiences hurricanes, and real estate insurance and air conditioning costs tend to be higher.
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Dobrina Zhekova, Travel + Leisure, 27 Apr. 2026
The more frequent the return period (red on the map), the more often hurricanes historically hit that area.
—Doyle Rice, USA Today, 26 Apr. 2026
Widespread drought in the Southeast is largely to blame for the fires, but their spread has also been fueled by leftover debris from past hurricanes that swept across the region — an issue that also has connections to climate change.
—Denise Chow, NBC news, 24 Apr. 2026
The institute's 100-acre (40-hectare) site in Richburg, South Carolina, started to study hurricanes and heavy wind and rain.
—ABC News, 21 Apr. 2026
Stories where hurricanes don’t bear down on teenage girls and raze.
—Jesmyn Ward, Vanity Fair, 21 Apr. 2026
But with warmer ocean temperatures this summer, there's likely going to be hotter temperatures, especially at the coast, with less fog, higher fire danger with drier weather, and even the potential for stronger Pacific hurricanes.
—Zoe Mintz, CBS News, 19 Apr. 2026
What’s more, the warm ocean waters could increase the chances of hurricanes and tropical storms forming off the coast of Mexico.
—Los Angeles Times, 16 Apr. 2026
The ensuing six songs stretch from five to nearly 11 minutes, and Roberts speaks only in terms of unforgettable fires, hurricanes and tidal waves, sleeping in the gutter and dreaming of the stars; the album ends with a closing-credits piano ballad expressing a unified WU LYF theory of everything.
—Ian Cohen, Pitchfork, 16 Apr. 2026
Dobrina Zhekova, Travel + Leisure, 27 Apr. 2026
The more frequent the return period (red on the map), the more often hurricanes historically hit that area.
—Doyle Rice, USA Today, 26 Apr. 2026
Widespread drought in the Southeast is largely to blame for the fires, but their spread has also been fueled by leftover debris from past hurricanes that swept across the region — an issue that also has connections to climate change.
—Denise Chow, NBC news, 24 Apr. 2026
The institute's 100-acre (40-hectare) site in Richburg, South Carolina, started to study hurricanes and heavy wind and rain.
—ABC News, 21 Apr. 2026
Stories where hurricanes don’t bear down on teenage girls and raze.
—Jesmyn Ward, Vanity Fair, 21 Apr. 2026
But with warmer ocean temperatures this summer, there's likely going to be hotter temperatures, especially at the coast, with less fog, higher fire danger with drier weather, and even the potential for stronger Pacific hurricanes.
—Zoe Mintz, CBS News, 19 Apr. 2026
What’s more, the warm ocean waters could increase the chances of hurricanes and tropical storms forming off the coast of Mexico.
—Los Angeles Times, 16 Apr. 2026
The ensuing six songs stretch from five to nearly 11 minutes, and Roberts speaks only in terms of unforgettable fires, hurricanes and tidal waves, sleeping in the gutter and dreaming of the stars; the album ends with a closing-credits piano ballad expressing a unified WU LYF theory of everything.
—Ian Cohen, Pitchfork, 16 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hurricanes
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Meteorologists say a large-scale upper-level trough over the Plains is helping drive a series of disturbances that will move east through the day.—
Brandi D. Addison,
USA Today,
28 Apr. 2026
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But since that ridge shifted from Northern California in early April, the new pattern has invited multiple low-pressure disturbances into the region.—
Rick Hurd,
Mercury News,
27 Apr. 2026
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Over the past year, men’s ski jumping has been marred by Norway’s cheating scandal and more recent genital manipulation rumors, which has become one of the early commotions of the Milano-Cortina Games.—
Sara Germano,
Sportico.com,
8 Feb. 2026
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Some storms could produce hail larger than 3 inches in diameter, especially with stronger rotating cells.—
Brandi D. Addison,
USA Today,
28 Apr. 2026
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Hail damage contributed to $51 billion in insured losses last year from severe storms, according to the Insurance Information Institute.—
Michael Copley,
NPR,
28 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Refrigerated pie crust helps this pie come together with just a few stirs of the whisk.—
Patricia S York,
Southern Living,
19 Apr. 2026
Noun
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About two couples, connected and dependent on one another, raising their kids alongside each other, facing the same turmoils, the same existential questions.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
8 Sep. 2025
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Mayer and Strong offer a broad pop-history lesson, in which the same tensions and turmoils churn on and on in their terrible cycle throughout the decades; the only thing that’s changed are the aesthetics.—
Richard Lawson,
HollywoodReporter,
3 Sep. 2019
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The first clip showed Duff making cat and bird noises as Townes, who turns 2 on May 3, played with her hair and smiled at the camera.—
Kirsty Hatcher,
PEOPLE,
29 Apr. 2026
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Plus sundry hallucinations, bad dreams, possession, dark spaces, creepy noises, fraught family relations — and, as with so many horror stories, a bad thing in the past bringing down the future.—
Television Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Apr. 2026
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“Hurricanes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hurricanes. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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