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gust

[guhst] / gʌst /


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These days central bankers would meet such unwonted affordability with a gust of money-printing.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026

The strongest gust was 74mph in South Uist Range, Hebrides with Orkney recording a gust of 68mph.

From BBC • Mar. 11, 2026

This looks plowable with near-blizzard conditions south/west of MSP by late Sunday as winds gust to 40 mph.

From Salon • Dec. 27, 2025

They yank open industrial-grade zippers, unleashing a gust of helium, and dive chest-first onto the collapsing character.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 25, 2025

We stopped in a small clearing, in front of an old, abandoned outhouse, weathered to the color of ashes and looking like a gust of wind would knock it flat.

From "The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs" by Betty G. Birney




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