gale
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NBC’s new comedy “Seinfeld” blows up a gale of wit and freshness.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 11, 2026
Once unfurled, it holds up in anything short of a gale.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 20, 2025
For a moment, I felt myself transported, like a gale off Lake Michigan had carried us all back through time.
From Slate • Nov. 10, 2025
In the wake of Storm Benjamin, the UK will come under the influence of a brisk northerly wind, which could reach gale force at times along eastern counties on Saturday.
From BBC • Oct. 24, 2025
As darkness began to fall at five thirty, the wind shifted once again and quickly blew up into a gale, tearing the tops off the waves.
From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong
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