wind
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A small plane from local carrier Golden Bay Air tipped onto its side in the wind while parked at the airport with no-one aboard.
From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026
"When the wind has dropped, you can smell a kind of toxic chemical smell, and it's like a taste that you can almost feel on the back of your throat," he said.
From BBC • Jun. 7, 2026
She climbs, she crawls, she leaps, she runs like the Santa Ana wind.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2026
The outlook for offshore wind in Europe has improved and Orsted’s relative valuation looks attractive, Jeffery adds.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026
“Ohhh, leave me be,” it moaned, gravely, like wind weeping in treetops.
From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck
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Vocabulary lists containing wind
Physical Geography - Introductory
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Weather and Climate - Introductory
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Physical Geography - Middle School
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