windblown

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Water running off farmlands flows into the saline lake, and less water would shrink the lake faster, affecting wildlife and nearby communities where windblown dust brings high asthma rates and other health problems.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 4, 2026

Looking elegantly windblown in a sweater, her mass of hair cascading like the precious garland of some Irish deity, Farrow has a tendency to trail off in conversation.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 4, 2024

Matthew Cuba, the squadron’s cultural resource manager, said the formation of white sand dunes inadvertently buried the site with windblown silt protecting the archaeological remains.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 2, 2024

Battered by strengthening winds, with the course increasingly covered in windblown snow, many had barely made it halfway round.

From BBC • Jan. 22, 2024

Subsequent observations by the Viking lander support the identification of windblown clays on Mars.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan