mistral
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He reminds us that two notorious winds, the mistral and the bora, have been known to drive men mad.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 28, 2025
“It’s time to acknowledge that mistral hygiene products are not luxury items but essential necessities for the health and liberty of individuals,” Mote said.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 17, 2024
Or the mistral will blow from somewhere between north-west and east and all hell will break loose late on as the bunch splinters in the wind.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 8, 2021
Listen hard along an internal register, and you sometimes pick up the pounding thud of your heart, or a mysterious whooshing that swirls through your ears like a miniature mistral.
From New York Times ● Jan. 5, 2019
When the mistral kicks up again, he moves inside, drawing with pen and ink and working with watercolor.
From "Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers" by Deborah Heiligman
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Western Europe - Introductory
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