blow over

Example Sentences

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In most refugee settlements, the government has run out of land to allocate to migrants for crop cultivation, and in at least one, refugees have come to blows over the plots that are available.

From The Wall Street Journal

Sarroca said that one cause of the drought is the collapse of strong, humid winds that usually blow over the Pyrenees Mountains and help produce snow and rain in the winter.

From Seattle Times

If the banking turmoil blows over in the coming weeks, lending and financing standards could return to something like normal — and the economic fallout might not be substantial.

From New York Times

We would not have been able to stand up a three-sided facade without it blowing over, so we had to build four walls for that.

From Los Angeles Times

She thought the storm would blow over soon, and she couldn’t afford to shut down for the day.

From Washington Post