gale
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An icy gale blew incessantly in concert with a torrential deluge.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 23, 2025
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
The entry for the 6 January 1839, describes a "tremendous gale in the night".
From BBC • Jul. 13, 2025
Boats clattered against their moorings in the heavy chop but none left the harbor; to take one out in such a gale would’ve been suicidal.
From "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children" by Ransom Riggs
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