lee
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Because of the south-easterly wind direction, places like Aultbea lie in the lee of the Cairngorm mountains.
From BBC ● Feb. 5, 2026
The winds developed as a strong low pressure zone intensified in the lee of Rocky Mountains.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 31, 2021
“I’m absolutely convinced that the tragedy was the result of wind and snow deposition, and the fact that they pitched camp in the lee of a ridge,” Wilkinson adds.
From National Geographic ● Jan. 28, 2021
“The holloway is absence,” Macfarlane explains; “a wood-way worn away by buried feet. … Walking, running, hiding man, huddled in the lee of a tree.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 20, 2020
Instead he picked his way across the puddled lane to the lee of the fire escape.
From "Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer
Aged 3-4 years on the lees, this opulent sparkler from a venerable Champagne house comes in an elegant flagon-shaped bottle.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 20, 2025
Muscadet mirrors the marina freshness of oysters while adding the light richness of lees contact making a harmonious pairing.
From Salon ● Jun. 3, 2023
Like Muscadet, this is a wine with a lot of seaside influence with body, also often intensified by lees contact.
From Salon ● Jun. 3, 2023
Cava de Paraje Calificado is a single-vineyard cuvée aged on its lees for at least 10 years.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 8, 2022
“Now,” cried the man, and he aimed a furious swipe at Lancelot’s lees.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
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