windmill
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“By the way, in case you people don’t know, I’m not much of a windmill person,” Trump said.
From Barron's ● Jan. 13, 2026
In laying out the workings of a traditional Dutch windmill, for instance, he conjures a fictional miller, “a congenial fellow” who “knocks out his pipe on the door frame” before getting to work.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 28, 2025
They have the largest wooden windmill in America.
From Slate ● Oct. 22, 2025
"Cheap people like me," says Steve, "look at the windmill and say 'nah, I'm not gonna pay extra to go in there', but if it's all included I wouldn't hesitate."
From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2025
He refused to believe either that food would become more plentiful or that the windmill would save work.
From "Animal Farm: A Fairy Story" by George Orwell
Many technologies can generate low-frequency noise, including ventilation systems, heat pumps, road traffic and windmills.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 19, 2026
Brenen Thompson is from Spearman, Texas, at the top of the panhandle, where the gusts are constant and the only tourist attraction is a collection of old windmills.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 25, 2026
“Big ugly windmills, they ruin your neighborhood,” he said in January 2025.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 15, 2026
"The fence of some of the apartments backs onto the school and years ago some of the ladies put small decorations and windmills along their gardens for the children to look at," she said.
From BBC ● Dec. 29, 2025
Adam had paid him for his work, had even paid him for the windmill parts and did not want the windmills.
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
As that set ended, with Djokovic reaching a shot ball and replying at an impossible angle, he windmilled his arms and then pointed to his ear.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 1, 2024
He slipped and windmilled his arms to regain his balance, which made him think about how humans balance ourselves.
From Slate ● Aug. 1, 2021
Dark-eyed, dressy little town dolls and dutch-bobbed blondies from windmilled countrysides.
From The New Yorker ● Apr. 8, 2019
What was left of the propeller windmilled as air rushed over it.
From The Verge ● Jun. 24, 2018
At first, Billy windmilled his arms, hoping to find it by luck.
From "Slaughterhouse-Five" by Kurt Vonnegut
We're not going to see AJ run across the ring in the first few seconds and start windmilling.
From BBC ● Dec. 17, 2025
Bae caught teammate Jason Delay chugging toward home and third base coach Mike Rabello’s right arm windmilling.
From Washington Times ● Sep. 7, 2023
There was the shooting guard pushing the pace on a fast break, levitating, windmilling, lighting up the gym.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 18, 2022
Now, in Linares, Dominguín played to the crowd right away with ostentatious stunts, dropping to his knees in the sand and windmilling his cape as the first bull he faced leaped by.
From New York Times ● May 3, 2022
A uniformed air raid warden starts blowing his whistle, windmilling his arm, directing people toward an open doorway in a stone building.
From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin
