nor'easter

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The Red Sox and Cincinnati Reds arrived in Boston to a nor'easter and waited as Friday's scheduled Game 6 was postponed two days in a row.

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  • MACHIAS, Maine (AP) Hurricane Kyle spun past Maine on its way to Canada, delivering a glancing blow equivalent to a classic nor'easter that made locals yawn.
  • Weakened system spun its way to Canada, threatening a glancing blow, like classic nor'easter without snow. —  Times Leader News
  • "It probably won't be much different than a nor'easter, except we don't have to deal with the snow," said Jesse Davis of Marshfield, who planned to ride out the wind and rain at home with his wife and 2-month-old daughter. —  Times Leader News
  • "It probably won't be much different than a nor'easter except we don't have to deal with the snow," said Jesse Davis of Marshfield, who planned to ride out the wind and rain at home with his wife and 2-month-old daughter. —  seMissourian.com Headlines
  • Instead, Kyle delivered little more than a glancing blow equivalent to that of a classic nor'easter. —  Top Stories - Google News
 

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