airflow
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As winds rotate in a clockwise direction around high pressure, this will result in a northerly airflow pushing across the UK.
From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2026
While it has been widely reported that the helicopters' exhaust scorches grass, Trump added Monday that the airflow is so powerful, the lawn actually "gets ripped out."
From Barron's ● Jul. 6, 2026
"At first, we didn't know what was going on with the airflow in large rain events," Connot said.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 6, 2026
Swap out your air filter: A clogged filter chokes airflow, forcing your AC to guzzle more power to do the same job.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 29, 2026
“We’re ID, right? ID says hi. I don’t think you need to have a negative airflow room and all that.”
From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French
This method let them assess heat at the street level, where temperatures vary locally based on human activity, 3-D urban geometry and airflows.
From Scientific American ● Jun. 27, 2022
It includes all the engineering controls that keep the scientists and their surroundings safe: enclosed, ventilated workspaces called biosafety cabinets, directional airflows and anterooms to control air movement inside the lab.
From Salon ● Jun. 25, 2021
Or you could just think like a bug: architects are mimicking the natural cooling airflows of termite burrows.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 15, 2020
“The constant swirling airflows reduce pressure from fungus. And we have exposure for days.”
From Reuters ● Jun. 28, 2018
Interference from airflows bouncing off the solid walls of the test section, one of the phenomena examined by Margery Hannah and Sam Katzoff in their 1948 report, was one of the limitations of ground-based testing.
From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly
