vane
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The remarks by Williams are especially important because he is a top ally of Fed Chair Jerome Powell and is seen as a weather vane for the bank’s future moves.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 3, 2026
Marialyce Pedersen walked around the parking lot spinning a weather vane on which she’d fashioned a picture of L.A.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 9, 2026
In doing so, it set up a great weather vane for the state of national politics.
From Slate ● Dec. 2, 2025
When the tour director “started to explain that the dove of peace on the mansion’s weather vane carried an olive branch, Mrs. Khrushchev muttered, ‘Yes, yes’ and walked away,” the New York Daily News reported.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 14, 2022
It’s built like a house—a really, really big house—with two chimneys, a wraparound porch, and a weather vane on the roof.
From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller
Turbine blades and vanes are “among the most demanding components modern industry makes,” the SemiAnalysis report said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
The fixed vanes behind the fan can change pitch so that they almost close together, blocking the air stream and serving as that brake.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 19, 2023
We can smell mulch, feel the vanes of feathers, bump into doors and taste peppermints.
From New York Times ● May 30, 2023
Navy identified as jet vanes for medium-range ballistic missiles.
From Washington Times ● Mar. 2, 2023
Most looked almost ordinary; their owners had clearly tried to make them as Muggle-like as possible, but had slipped up by adding chimneys, or bellpulls, or weather vanes.
From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling
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