lee

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Because of the south-easterly wind direction, places like Aultbea lie in the lee of the Cairngorm mountains, this is called the Fohn effect.

From BBC • Feb. 6, 2026

El estafador teclea palabras en un programa que luego las lee.

From New York Times • Sep. 3, 2023

The winds developed as a strong low pressure zone intensified in the lee of Rocky Mountains.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 31, 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

As they entered the last half mile and came into the lee of the hills at the north end of the lake, the headwind died down.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown