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The resulting mix is a ball of slush just solid enough to stay together, but definitely mushier than, say, a hailstone; picture a wet snowball.
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Kiona N. Smith, Space.com, 3 Apr. 2025
One man was hit by a softball-size hailstone that shattered his skull.
—Matt Leclercq, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 25 Mar. 2025
Photos from the Oklahoma City area sent to CNN affiliate KOCO late Saturday showed hailstones ranging from about the size of a quarter to a golf ball, many of them spiked.
—Matthew Rehbein, CNN Money, 31 Mar. 2025
Texas is being battered by huge hailstones the size of quarters, powerful winds of up to 65mph and thunderstorms on Christmas Eve.
—Hannah Parry, Newsweek, 25 Dec. 2024
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Kiona N. Smith, Space.com, 3 Apr. 2025
One man was hit by a softball-size hailstone that shattered his skull.
—Matt Leclercq, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 25 Mar. 2025
Photos from the Oklahoma City area sent to CNN affiliate KOCO late Saturday showed hailstones ranging from about the size of a quarter to a golf ball, many of them spiked.
—Matthew Rehbein, CNN Money, 31 Mar. 2025
Texas is being battered by huge hailstones the size of quarters, powerful winds of up to 65mph and thunderstorms on Christmas Eve.
—Hannah Parry, Newsweek, 25 Dec. 2024
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“Hailstone.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hailstone. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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hailstone
noun
hail·stone
ˈhā(ə)l-ˌstōn 
: a small lump of hail
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