I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a lightning storm
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A lightning storm lit up the night sky.
a storm of controversy
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Since its release, the film has met a storm of controversy.
a storm/barrage of criticism (= a lot of criticism )
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His comments provoked a barrage of criticism.
dust storm
electrical storm
fire/storm/flood etc damage (= caused by fire, storm, flood etc )
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The campsite suffered extensive flood damage.
freak wind/wave/storm etc
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The men drowned when a freak wave sank their boat.
fury of the storm
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At last the fury of the storm lessened.
storm cellar
storm cloud
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Storm clouds are gathering over the trade negotiations.
Storm clouds are gathering
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Storm clouds are gathering over the trade negotiations.
storm clouds
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Dark storm clouds were moving in from the Atlantic.
storm door
storm drain
storm lantern
storm window
the police raid/storm a place
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The police raided his home and took his computer.
weathered the storm
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The company weathered the storm of objections to the scheme.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
big
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It began to rain heavily, a big storm coming down fast from the north.
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In August, I promised my two desert-born kids a trip to the snow after the first big storm of the season.
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But it remained a big storm , more than 400 miles wide.
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But the national weather forecasts, sponsored by PowerGen, have caused the biggest storms .
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Some part of him missed the big storm , had loved it, was waiting for its return.
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They came the year after the big storm in 1947 and she decided she would turn their spare milk into cheese.
electrical
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There are fireballs and electrical storms , or some sort of celestial display.
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Less rain meant less chance of a signal being washed out and less possibility of interference from an electrical storm .
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The seas were hot, volcanoes spouted ash and lava, and electrical storms crackled across the skies.
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But when electrical storms roll in, nothing is normal.
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I do believe the Weather Bureau has logged down that that Sunday electrical storms were hit-and-running these parts.
fierce
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Both Labour and Conservative Governments had taken the view that change would cause a fierce political storm , so no one did anything.
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Then one day Johnny Appleseed got caught in a fierce storm .
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That very night a fierce storm broke over the sea.
freak
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Chaos struck Llandudno Hospital as the freak storm resulted in incredible scenes of havoc and distress.
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On the way home Caledor's ship was separated from the rest of the High Elf fleet by a freak storm .
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The yield would be maximum if there were no freak storms .
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When Gabriel and she had been a couple they had run into her one day when there had been a freak storm .
great
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In the evening the wind became stronger and soon a great storm broke above us.
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But what of the great dust storms on Mars?
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During the great storm , the locals said.
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A great storm in 1547 destroyed the cathedral.
political
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Putin appears to have survived the political storm over his handling of the crisis, according to opinion polls.
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The Singlaub episode created a political storm , deepening the controversy over the withdrawal plan.
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He set about drawing up a rescue plan amid a political storm that resulted in the resignation of two cabinet ministers.
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Both Labour and Conservative Governments had taken the view that change would cause a fierce political storm , so no one did anything.
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The document has caused a political storm and Labour has called for a statement from Mr Major.
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The revolts were a sign of the political storms that were to form the modern world.
severe
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The radio said contact with the plane was lost during a severe sand storm in the evening.
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First, severe dust storms are rare.
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But there may also be more extremes in the weather such as severe storms , droughts and floods.
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Typically, Burgess says, forecasters err on the side of caution by issuing a severe storm warning.
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Increasingly severe storms from the 1240s had swept away large parts of the town, drowning it finally in 1287.
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The potential for heavy rain, along with strong to severe storms , exists tonight across the entire region.
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This could show a severe magnetic storm but a higher sensitivity is desirable for serious observation.
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Release of the report was delayed two days by a severe winter storm .
terrible
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It was when they decided to return to shore that a terrible storm unleashed itself in the Moray Firth.
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One day Prospero commanded a spirit to raise a terrible storm to capsize a passing ship.
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A terrible storm comes to the island and a whale beaches on the shore.
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It also bears a painting of a ship beating against a terrible storm off a rocky coast.
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Unfortunately, we sailed straight into a terrible storm , which drove us many miles eastward.
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It was a truly terrible storm , stronger than her great wings, stronger than anything.
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Once there was a terrible storm with very heavy rain.
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At first, all went well, but then there was a terrible storm .
tropical
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By the time we reached the airfield next morning a tropical storm was raging.
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Paige, released from her duties, stepped out of the house into the oppressive humidity of a looming tropical storm .
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A tropical storm moves in, flattening the sea.
violent
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The sky was over cast and suddenly there was a violent thunder storm .
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Passing beneath it, Crevecoeur was reminded of a violent storm of hail beating upon his head.
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In 1981 violent storms redistributed some of the plutonium, along with other radioactive wastes stored ashore.
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The slaves gathered on August 30, 1800, but disbanded because a violent storm and flood made military operations impossible.
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Travelling home one night in a violent storm , Polly was struck by lightning and had to be destroyed.
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The authors also predict an increase in violent storms , fires, landslides and avalanches in the Alpine region as well as widespread deforestation.
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Langtoft is perhaps most notorious for its record of freak weather conditions and violent storms .
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During a violent storm it broke away and drifted westwards until it hit land on the barren headland of San Quentin.
■ NOUN
cloud
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But a storm cloud hovered on the horizon.
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I saw the storm clouds approaching.
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Her teased black hair surrounded her like a storm cloud .
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And out in the world, new storm clouds were gathering.
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But suddenly the storm clouds are gathering.
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Up ahead, in North Dakota, storm clouds came all the way down to the ground like an overhead garage door.
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Animation is fair, but the scene where the dragon flies into a storm cloud and is electrocuted is positively brain-bending!
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Walls a saturated sky blue, broken by gray the color of storm clouds .
damage
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This is not storm and should not be dealt with as a storm damage claim.
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It must have been a pretty hefty bit of storm damage .
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Worldwide the insurance industry has lost US$56,000 million in the past two years from storm damage alone.
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At the time we were rushing from job to job repairing storm damage , and fortunately were both wearing rubber soled boots.
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Repair of storm damage , foreign debt repayments and aid to small businesses were to be funded from the 1988 tax surplus.
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There is no cover for storm damage to gates, hedges or fences.
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A spokesman for President Clinton said assessment teams were studying the storm damage .
door
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I had new storm doors installed, one aluminum-covered wood for the front, the other plain aluminum for the back.
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He pounded on the storm door , and waited.
drain
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Blocked storm drains flood the streets.
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Four or live times later, the ball hit me on the shoulder and rolled down a storm drain .
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He also said that the storm drains were full of dead bodies.
dust
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As the heat and dust storms continue, Ritu's condition has become worse.
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Both landers also survived long enough to experience dust storms .
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Everything had to be kept shut tight because there was a dust storm blowing outside.
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Comparison of the Orbiter and Lauder data permits a detailed portrait of the origin and evolution of a giant dust storm .
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Bouncing along the rubble track, you arrive in the midst of a dust storm of your own creation.
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And, in the absence of air, dust storms are not a problem on the Moon or in space!
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But what of the great dust storms on Mars?
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First, severe dust storms are rare.
snow
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The worst snow storm was in January 1940, when ten trams and a bus failed to make the depot.
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The snow storm is expected to drop up to 30 inches of snow in some parts of the U. S. Northeast.
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It was believed that the accident happened as an indirect result of heavy rain and snow storms in the city.
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Northeasters and snow storms hurt most retailers, but the weather actually helped Sears.
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The Homeowners' account was adversely affected by weather claims, including the East Coast snow storms .
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Moira Anderson vanished without trace in a snow storm while running an errand for her grandmother on 23 February 1957.
winter
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Our only hope is a good old winter storm over the Christmas holiday.
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A winter storm watch was posted for the Lake Tahoe area and northward above the 8, 000-foot level Wednesday.
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Fertility is not restored until the winter storms stir the waters again.
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Fortunately, the house is strongly built, and is not damaged even by the worst winter storms .
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The wind and surf were to ease somewhat Tuesday but the National Weather Service warned of winter storm conditions in the mountains.
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Fenced lands tended to be unevenly grazed, and fences were obvious hazards to cattle in winter storms .
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Release of the report was delayed two days by a severe winter storm .
■ VERB
blow
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The hot wind blows a storm of dust and leaves, and the women retreat into their houses.
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The original tree survived until 1911, when it was blown down in a storm .
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Bodies bobbing up out of the mud, friends blown away in a storm of red and wet.
break
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The clouds were beginning to break , revealing a storm of stars across the heavens.
catch
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They are believed to have been caught in a storm without enough food or water.
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He is caught in a storm and crashes.
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Then one day Johnny Appleseed got caught in a fierce storm .
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Adelelm and his manservant were caught in a storm one night.
cause
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Its conclusions, published in September 1999, caused a storm of protest92.
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That collision of conflicting air masses usually causes particularly rambunctious storms to slam California.
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The announcement of her engagement to a man her parents hadn't even met had caused a storm .
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It was, perhaps, his dysfunctional sleep pattern that caused such an odd storm of feeling.
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Judge Geoffrey Jones caused a storm by making the comment at an earlier hearing because Ian Stevenson also admitted assaulting two boys.
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But the national weather forecasts, sponsored by PowerGen, have caused the biggest storms .
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Both Labour and Conservative Governments had taken the view that change would cause a fierce political storm , so no one did anything.
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The document has caused a political storm and Labour has called for a statement from Mr Major.
create
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When something of that kind comes on to the market it creates a storm .
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The Singlaub episode created a political storm , deepening the controversy over the withdrawal plan.
gather
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Republicanism was a gathering storm at a time when the monarchy seemed an expensive irrelevance to the questions of the day.
provoke
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The proposal provoked a storm of criticism that it was racist from immigration groups and campaigners on behalf of ethnic minorities.
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Had Puddephat provoked this storm by propositioning the boy?
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The announcement provoked a storm of criticism and anxious residents voiced concern over their uncertain future.
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The announcement of the referendum provoked a huge storm in the political world.
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It has already caused a sensation-stopping traffic and provoking a storm of protests.
raise
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At any rate, everybody would think she had condoned his writing it and that should raise a fine storm for her.
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One day Prospero commanded a spirit to raise a terrible storm to capsize a passing ship.
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Trent gathered it and wrapped it with ties to the boom before going forward to raise the storm jib.
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As this strong shock wave races outward from the impact site, it raises a storm of dust.
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He swept towards me, like the wind raising a storm as soaring eagles raise dust.
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The Darlan deal raised a storm of protest.
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Al-Kindi sailed on religious waters that raised no storms .
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Another discovery from the early space age was the mechanism responsible for raising intense planet-wide dust storms on Mars.
ride
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It needs to ride out the storms of adverse publicity.
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He hunkered down and rode out the storm .
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Overall, use of search is now widespread enough to enable search firms to ride out storms in specific sectors.
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No estimates were available on the number of residents who had chosen to ride out the storm .
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Nirvana Inc battened down the hatches and made to ride out the storm .
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Roosevelt rode out the storm by stressing the temporary nature of the deal.
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We are huddled inside, in the kitchen, riding out the storm that Nora has stirred up.
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Administrative force and nerve were not lacking, and the constitutional government managed to ride out the storm .
take
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Just part of a massive flying programme at Andrews, the Reds take the crowd by storm with their immaculate formation routines.
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Most people are working on half-throttle. Take this storm , for example.
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In the last two months, however, jewellery shops have been taken by storm .
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A jeweller whose nose-rings take Manchester by storm ?
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Riverdance, after its world premiere at the Public Theatre in Dublin in 1995, has taken the world by storm .
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A hot new pachinko machine from a backstreet maker in Osaka has taken the underworld by storm .
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The ramshackle eight-seater at first did not take off because of a storm after which a pilot could not be found.
weather
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How have you weathered the storm ?
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Hunker down and attempt to weather the storm ?
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The capacity to weather the storm is there provided the government has the political clout to do it.
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Scott Wolf has weathered many a storm in his brief but eventful acting career.
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In the first half, Petersfield had weathered a varied storm with a mixture of luck and determination.
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The company announced the scheme in August, and has had to weather a storm of objections from shareholders and managers.
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Peterborough weathered the storm and could have taken a shock lead after 31 minutes.
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Others, like General Motors, have had to pull in their sails to weather the storm of a price war.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a violent storm/earthquake/explosion etc
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According to these learned fellows, the universe began with a violent explosion.
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During a violent storm it broke away and drifted westwards until it hit land on the barren headland of San Quentin.
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Passing beneath it, Crevecoeur was reminded of a violent storm of hail beating upon his head.
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The second is part of the river Indus, which was diverted after a violent earthquake in 1819.
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The slaves gathered on August 30, 1800, but disbanded because a violent storm and flood made military operations impossible.
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This caused a violent explosion resulting in extensive damage.
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Travelling home one night in a violent storm, Polly was struck by lightning and had to be destroyed.
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Within minutes the brown patch of sky enveloped me, as a violent storm swept across the dunes.
any port in a storm
the calm before the storm
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Charity should have recognised it as the calm before the storm, but she didn't.
the lull before the storm
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Then came the lull before the storm.
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There was a feeling that something was in the air, that it was the lull before the storm.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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It was the first big storm we've had all season.
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The storm clouds were gathering over the sea.
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The Spanish ships were wrecked in the storm .
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There had not been such severe storms in southern England for hundreds of years.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A terrible storm comes to the island and a whale beaches on the shore.
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At 77, Paul Lamson of Hingham has seen many storms.
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It is designed to withstand the sort of storm that statistically would be expected to occur once in every 10,000 years.
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The storm is nearer now too near.
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The hot wind blows a storm of dust and leaves, and the women retreat into their houses.
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With little in the way of grass or forests or wetlands to hold it back, runoff during the storms is extreme.
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Yet now I wanted to feel it outside, to embrace the full force of the storm .
II. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
building
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They tried to storm Interior Ministry buildings but were repulsed by police, who opened fire on them.
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A few days later, hundreds of police officers stormed the buildings .
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Just got a bit carried away with all the excitement of storming the building and everything.
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The dispute exploded once before in 1990, when about 1,000 people died after Hindus stormed the building .
house
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Then Dad stormed right into the house and up the stairs to see me.
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They argued constantly and the arguments almost always ended with Tom storming out of the house .
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After the shooting stopped, police stormed the house .
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She lied all the time, storming her house like an unrepentant sinner.
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They later stormed the house and rescued the child - but missed their prey.
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It was almost one o'clock when Mona Riley stormed back into the house .
police
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After the shooting stopped, police stormed the house.
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A few days later, hundreds of police officers stormed the buildings.
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The police then stormed the church in search of the sniper and arrested 142 black adults and 5 children.
room
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Warders in riot gear stormed the room after four hours and marched the 12 protesters to a segregation block.
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The conference leaders, leafy and Obey, stormed out of the room , furiously protesting the breach of conference procedure.
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She stormed into the living room , gave me a contorted look, picked up her bag and abruptly left the house.
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Yoyo stormed out of that room and into her own.
victory
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He played the proverbial blinder as Galway stormed to a famous victory .
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The College stormed to victory in the annual challenge to their sister college from Blackburn.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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an attempt by government forces to storm the hijacked airplane
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Heavily armed and masked gunmen stormed an ammunitions store in Co. Mayo.
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Several dozen rebels stormed the ambassador's residence.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Angered by the betrayal, Rhee and Yun stormed out of the building.
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Armies of worried men in suits stormed off the Lexington Avenue subway line and marched down the crooked pavements.
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He stormed out of the bathroom.
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He played the proverbial blinder as Galway stormed to a famous victory.
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Noades stormed out after eight clubs blocked the proposed £13million Bass sponsorship deal and six other club representatives followed him.
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On the coach Geoffrey had stared morosely out of the window; now he stormed along the wing with ferocious determination.
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On the night of June 27 a crowd of up to two hundred people stormed the jail.