hailstorm
Americannoun
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hailstorms
plural
noun
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Origin of hailstorm
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Authorities in the Aude department in south-west France cancelled the third stage of the Vuelta a Espana cycling race in the area after a hailstorm in the French Pyrenees forced riders to seek shelter.
From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026
"Or a big hailstorm in September and then the insurance will reimburse us," he joked.
From Barron's ● Jul. 4, 2026
Once, during a hailstorm, the vultures sought protection on his wraparound porch.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 16, 2026
He finished the regular season strong after giving up a hailstorm of home runs early, posting a 3.09 earned-run average with 75 strikeouts in 81⅔ innings over his last 15 starts.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 10, 2023
“I feel like a hitchhiker caught in a hailstorm on a Texas highway,” President Johnson confided to his press secretary.
From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin
More than a third, or 40%, of U.S. data-center capacity is located in tornado-prone areas, and over a quarter in areas subject to large hailstorms, according to Swiss Re.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 5, 2026
Spain has been hit by torrential rain and hailstorms, triggering flash flooding across multiple regions.
From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2024
Many areas of the Great Plains were still bracing for bruising hailstorms, as a weeklong string of severe weather continued through the holiday weekend.
From New York Times ● May 26, 2024
Floods and hailstorms in Italy, Greece and central eastern European countries inflicted a 3.7-percentage point hit to Generali's combined ratio in the nine months through September.
From Reuters ● Nov. 17, 2023
Then, when that broke, we got heavy rains and hailstorms and floods, and that destroyed what got through the dry spell.
From Temple Trouble by H. Beam Piper
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