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  • A large dust-storm affected Rostock in north-east Germany last Friday as an intense cold front moved south.

    Weatherwatch: world weekly round-up 2011

  • Yes, the irritation was still there from his dust-storm encounters, two nights prior.

    Delta Anomaly Rick Barba 2010

  • Yes, the irritation was still there from his dust-storm encounters, two nights prior.

    Delta Anomaly Rick Barba 2010

  • In the dust-storm I'd have passed it by, but the little Arab nosed it out, whinnying with excitement, and in a moment we were both gulping down that cool delicious nectar, wallowing in it to our hearts 'content.

    Isabelle Estelle Bruno 2010

  • If we hit a two-day dust-storm and lost the trail; if we missed the springs on the south road; if we lost time in torrential rain; if hostiles crossed our path-Wootton could have found the trail again, wouldn't have missed the springs, would have known where there was a cache, or the likelihood of game, would have sniffed the hostiles two days ahead and either avoided them or known how to manage them.

    Isabelle Estelle Bruno 2010

  • Yes, the irritation was still there from his dust-storm encounters, two nights prior.

    Delta Anomaly Rick Barba 2010

  • Powdery sand blasted out, and the big brushes extended, whipping it into a dust-storm frenzy, in - tended to scour away the worst runway buildup of grime or old paint.

    Here There Are Monsters 2010

  • As she speaks, a dust-storm blows around us, as the desert tries, slowly, insistently, to take back its land.

    Johann Hari: The Dark Side Of Dubai 2009

  • Northern Temperates can hardly imagine what a dust-storm is in sun parched tropical lands.

    The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

  • Sind and the Punjab we have the dust-storm which for darkness, I have said, beats the blackest London fog.

    The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

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