The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
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While some insurers are charging higher premiums, others are dropping condo HOAs and their owners altogether due to rising losses from natural disasters, such as hurricanes and wildfires, and increasing reinsurance costs.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 18, 2026
Becerra recalled that during his 24 years in Congress there was widespread, bipartisan support for sending federal assistance to disaster areas, including areas devastated by hurricanes on the Eastern Seaboard or floods in the South.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026
Plus: Monster floods threaten Nepal’s hydropower bet, a trio of Pacific hurricanes and what’s really powering China’s EV boom.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
The waters of the Pacific Ocean have been unsettled in recent weeks by a series of tropical storms, with some of them developing into hurricanes.
From Barron's ● Sep. 11, 2026
Weather satellites allowed scientists to spot, monitor, and track hurricanes before they made landfall, saving lives and protecting property.
From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson
