shear
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“Too much vertical wind shear tears apart hurricanes.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
Warm waters provide fuel for storms, and El Nino's effect on the atmosphere leaves little vertical wind shear over the Pacific, creating favorable conditions for hurricanes to intensify.
From Barron's ● Sep. 2, 2026
The difference in velocity produces shear forces where the two flows meet.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 8, 2026
To him it was a sin not to shear the sheep.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 2, 2026
The mountains also create wind shear, which is when the wind suddenly changes direction, another deadly hazard to flight.
From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein
Police recovered a garden edger from Manufactum in one of the storage boxes next to other spades, trowels and garden shears.
From BBC ● Jun. 23, 2026
Ash devils occur when heat from a fire causes hot air to rise and mix with the cool air from shifting winds, called wind shears.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 2, 2026
Instead the final four candidates for the job were a range of eager submissives, each straining to appear enthusiastic to pick up the pruning shears and start cutting rates by the bunch:
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 2, 2026
That means buying fresh lobsters from your local market, boiling them and using kitchen shears to slice their shells from head to tail.
From Salon ● Sep. 1, 2024
Gabe’s smell was almost worse than the nightmares about Mrs. Dodds, or the sound of that old fruit lady’s shears snipping the yarn.
From "The Lightning Thief" by Rick Riordan
As of Monday, the closure had sheared 16 million barrels from daily oil supplies, according to JPMorgan Chase analysts.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 25, 2026
And so the men counted to three and they pushed, and Plymouth Rock sheared in half.
From Slate ● Nov. 28, 2024
That building still stood, but the walls on the second floor were sheared off.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 21, 2024
Some 11 million years ago, a large meteor impact on Mars sheared away parts of the planet and sent the rocks hurtling into space.
From Science Daily ● May 31, 2024
The merchant was the proprietor of a dry goods shop, and he always demanded that the sheep be sheared in his presence, so that he would not be cheated.
From "The Alchemist" by Paulo Coelho
On average, a kilogram of clean shorn wool sold for £2.54 in the most recent sale, compared with less than £1.50 a year ago.
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
The Italian clearly sees Fernandez as not only a talented player but also a leader, something City would be shorn of should Rodri move on.
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026
As she drifts through town, feeling suddenly shorn of her identity, she comes across a traveling circus and is somehow taken on as a volunteer for the sawing-in-half trick, which involves hiding inside a box.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 26, 2026
Mr. Ehnes gave it fresh life in a reflective reading generally shorn of showy gestures.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 14, 2026
“So now this sinner comes before you with a humble heart, shorn of secrets and concealments, naked before the eyes of gods and men, to make her walk of atonement.”
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
A farmer has swapped sheep shearing in Dorset for WWE wrestling in the US.
From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026
A backlight sufficient to be useful would disturb the laminar flow of air rushing across the rear decklid, increasing shearing turbulence and drag at the back of the car.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 25, 2026
"They've lost their livelihoods, they've lost their shearing sheds, livestock, just absolutely devastating," he told national broadcaster ABC.
From Barron's ● Jan. 8, 2026
To that end, the dire wolf was bigger than the grey wolves that existed at the same time, with large, shearing teeth carrying an extremely strong bite force.
From Salon ● May 15, 2025
The ancient Incas obtained vicuna wool by driving wild vicunas into corrals, shearing them, and then releasing them alive.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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