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nimbus clouds

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  1. The dark clouds characteristic of storms.


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Radar domes, used for military surveillance, floated like nimbus clouds.

From New York Times Sep. 23, 2023

She can create hovering nimbus clouds of harmony with the best of them.

From New York Times Feb. 11, 2021

Mateo points out the dark nimbus clouds, and I’m straight wowed I get to live in this moment with someone who doesn’t deserve to die.

From "They Both Die at the End" by Adam Silvera

Looming through the tall windows along the back wall, dark skies were crammed with nimbus clouds.

From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas

A hot wind blew from the north and now brought with it smoke and an overcast sky, which in the evening turned to nimbus clouds.

From Three Expeditions into the Interior of Eastern Australia, Volume 1 by Thomas Mitchell

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