shear
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El Nino causes strong vertical wind shear, dry air and sinking air over the Atlantic Ocean, hampering storm formation and intensification in the area.
From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2026
In the Pacific, 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 ● Oct. 9, 2026
As wind patterns shift during an El Niño, upper winds over the Atlantic increase and this leads to more wind shear, where wind changes rapidly with height.
From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026
This year, wind shear is concentrated in the same spot where hurricanes historically develop.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026
Typically, the plane would have been flying on autopilot in that situation, reacting immediately and appropriately to wind shear.
From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell
I found the most beautiful, and still-sharp, Japanese sewing shears.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 4, 2025
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
"I get the sheep shears on it for a mullet," she said.
From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2024
In the salvage yard Monday morning, workers disassembled the metal trusses by attacking them with propane torches and a pair of giant shears that sliced them into more manageable pieces.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 15, 2024
As if I could use pinking shears to cut out a new face for myself.
From "Bronx Masquerade" by Nikki Grimes
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
Ms Rojas said the forces on the front platform of the sub sheared the clamp and the dome vacuum broke.
From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2024
The paper also considers how a sheared flow, which occurs when adjacent particles move at different flow speeds, can impact the pedestal height and width.
From Science Daily ● May 28, 2024
The steel was scorched and dented, the left ear of the snarling hound sheared off.
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
However, the sale means the group is shorn of its most profitable division, raising the danger that it falls short of its revenue growth forecasts.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 16, 2026
Many nations do not send athletes to it, while others take skeleton teams, shorn of their leading lights, whose winter focus instead lies on training for lucrative spring road races or prominent summer track opportunities.
From BBC ● Jan. 8, 2026
Examining a song’s lyrics shorn of the music can highlight the themes that a songwriter such as Johnny Cash or John Darnielle returns to over time.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 26, 2025
It means a seam attack shorn of 1,308 Test wickets, with the shoulder injury that prompted Chris Woakes' international retirement taking away another 192.
From BBC ● Nov. 19, 2025
The sacred idiom shorn of its referents and so of its reality.
From "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy
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
Peter says the international shearing community is a "happy family" who are "not going to overstay their welcome".
From BBC ● Mar. 19, 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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