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Meanings of haboob in English

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Storm or strong wind which carries dust or sand.

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Examples for "sandstorm"
Examples for "sandstorm"
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I said nothing, though, not even when the lavender sandstorm struck us.
The Great Book of Amber
2
During the sandstorm, tents were uprooted, shade shelters destroyed, and people injured.
Wired
3
To the south, the black-and-bronze shadow of a sandstorm is rising again.
Grand junction
4
Then the wind comes and blow, and make sandstorm always around Dutoitspan.
What's Bred in the Bone
5
The fading sandstorm reveals the measly shade of a forest around us.
Ice Like Fire
1
An ancient lion statue is seen in Beijing during a duststorm.
Reuters
2
I was mistaken; I have not seen a proper duststorm.
The Entire Project Gutenberg Works of Mark Twain
3
Carley went to the door, relieved and glad to see that the duststorm was blowing by.
The Call of the Canyon
4
A few days ago there was a duststorm which had a very curious effect as we looked down upon it from this hill.
Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume ...
5
The heat was increasing and the desert winds brought the "khamsin" or duststorms.
The 28th: A Record of War Service in the Australian Imperial For...
1
The dust storm died down almost as rapidly as it had risen.
The Forbidden Trail
2
A wind and dust storm arising, the troops returned to Santa Barbara.
The Old Franciscan Missions Of California
3
The dust storm has darkened skies, contaminated rainwater and greatly reduced visibility.
Jamaica Observer
4
The dust storm added to that anxiety, as dust storms always do.
The Hyperion Cantos
5
Barry's grandfather had perished in a dust storm in the Sahara.
The Shadow of the East
1
Another sand storm was starting, the wind flapped at my thin skirt.
Twenty fragments of a ravenous youth
2
The sand storm outside felt like it was taking me over.
Twenty fragments of a ravenous youth
3
That's a sand storm; there's no other sound in the world like it.
The Black Pearl
4
Melania on the other hand looks like a paper bag in a sand storm.
News.com.au
5
But a sand storm would not have kept her away.
Sleeping Fires: a Novel
Usage of haboob in English
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A giant dust storm, known as a haboob, has covered parts of the city of Phoenix in Arizona..
BBC
2
In Eastern Washington, near the city of Spokane, an intense dust storm known as a haboob preceded thunderstorms, reducing visibility to zero.
Reuters
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The state of Arizona is regularly hit by haboobs during monsoon season.
BBC
Haboob through the time