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Recent Examples of cyclone
Power outages are not unusual for Samoa’s 215,000 population, who often face disruptions from cyclones churning through the Pacific.
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Todd Symons, CNN Money, 3 Apr. 2025
The repercussions opened the door for a cyclone of experiences that left more residue of trauma in her life in its aftermath.
—Lynnette Nicholas, Essence, 19 Mar. 2025
Brisbane was last hit by a cyclone more than half a century ago, in 1974.
—Doyle Rice, USA TODAY, 6 Mar. 2025
The same process occurs to cyclones on Earth, and is the result of the Coriolis force interacting with the whirling wind pattern belonging to each cyclone.
—Keith Cooper, Space.com, 30 Apr. 2025
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Todd Symons, CNN Money, 3 Apr. 2025
The repercussions opened the door for a cyclone of experiences that left more residue of trauma in her life in its aftermath.
—Lynnette Nicholas, Essence, 19 Mar. 2025
Brisbane was last hit by a cyclone more than half a century ago, in 1974.
—Doyle Rice, USA TODAY, 6 Mar. 2025
The same process occurs to cyclones on Earth, and is the result of the Coriolis force interacting with the whirling wind pattern belonging to each cyclone.
—Keith Cooper, Space.com, 30 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cyclone
Noun
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Readiness For What Lies Ahead The start of the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season is a reminder that storms don’t always follow the patterns of the past.—
Jim Foerster,
Forbes.com,
2 June 2025
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This is the beginning of hurricane season, of course.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
1 June 2025
Noun
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Hurricanes occur in the North Atlantic, central North Pacific, and eastern North Pacific regions, while the same weather pattern is called a typhoon in the northwest Pacific.—
Ann Abel,
AFAR Media,
26 May 2025
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The eruption adds to the compounding natural threats faced by the archipelago, which also contends with up to 20 tropical storms and typhoons annually.—
Gordon G. Chang,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Apr. 2025
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“Cyclone.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cyclone. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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