as in commotion
a state of noisy, confused activity
economic news that unleashed a hurricane on the trading floor
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It is forecast to reach the northeastern coast of Cuba as a hurricane later this afternoon.
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Patrick Oppmann, CNN, 20 Oct. 2024
Perhaps Harris’s running mate, Governor Tim Walz, could meet with hurricane survivors who used the capacious batteries in their E.V.s to keep their refrigerators humming.
—Bill McKibben, The New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2024
Tens of thousands of students across the southeast attend school in districts that remain closed after hurricanes Helene and Milton — some with no set date to reopen.
—Avery Lotz, Axios, 19 Oct. 2024
These resources had been previously allocated for the purpose of relieving the economic stress new migrants had on a community, long before FEMA used separate funding for disaster recovery after hurricanes Helene and Milton in the Southeast.
—Rey Covarrubias Jr., The Arizona Republic, 19 Oct. 2024
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Patrick Oppmann, CNN, 20 Oct. 2024
Perhaps Harris’s running mate, Governor Tim Walz, could meet with hurricane survivors who used the capacious batteries in their E.V.s to keep their refrigerators humming.
—Bill McKibben, The New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2024
Tens of thousands of students across the southeast attend school in districts that remain closed after hurricanes Helene and Milton — some with no set date to reopen.
—Avery Lotz, Axios, 19 Oct. 2024
These resources had been previously allocated for the purpose of relieving the economic stress new migrants had on a community, long before FEMA used separate funding for disaster recovery after hurricanes Helene and Milton in the Southeast.
—Rey Covarrubias Jr., The Arizona Republic, 19 Oct. 2024
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“Hurricane.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hurricane. Accessed 4 Nov. 2024.
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