windmill
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The author, whose family moved from Anglesey to Flintshire 150 years ago, said she did not agree that the windmill was painted in the first place to celebrate the Eisteddfod.
From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026
But Sophie Cunningham has let the state turn her into a combination of Sancho Panza and Don Quixote, willing to joust with a windmill.
From Salon ● Aug. 9, 2026
Thiero delivered a breakaway windmill dunk in the second quarter Friday that brought cheers from the fans, a moment in which the second-year Lakers forward displayed his athleticism.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 11, 2026
“My goal is to not let any windmill be built.”
From Barron's ● Jan. 13, 2026
I shout, flailing my arms like a windmill.
From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen
For Cunningham’s supporters, it doesn’t matter that her opponents, as in “Don Quixote,” are not fierce giants but windmills posing no threat.
From Salon ● Aug. 9, 2026
Many technologies can generate low-frequency noise, including ventilation systems, heat pumps, road traffic and windmills.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 19, 2026
There are windmills to slay, crises to fabricate, rings to kiss.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 4, 2026
In a statement, the Department of the Interior said it was pausing five large-sale projects to look into how windmills could interfere with radar and create other risks to east coast cities.
From BBC ● Dec. 22, 2025
Jacobi was practicing windmills, a classic power move he’d long ago perfected; he was trying now to turn his windmills into flares in the same routine.
From "A Very Large Expanse of Sea" by Tahereh Mafi
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
Bae caught teammate Jason Delay chugging toward home and third base coach Mike Rabello’s right arm windmilling.
From Washington Times ● Sep. 7, 2023
In the first few minutes he was windmilling his arms to get Chelsea's fans behind their team and he was animated throughout.
From BBC ● Mar. 7, 2023
“Southern Recollections: Romare Bearden” starts excitingly big, the dancers sliding across the stage, arms windmilling, to a Wynton Marsalis jazz-orchestra evocation of a train.
From New York Times ● Jan. 12, 2023
A few relievers stretched in the bullpen, swinging their legs, windmilling their arms in the humid air.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 13, 2021
She stops spinning her handles and switches into her victory dance, windmilling her arms as she leaps around the room.
From "The Benefits of Being an Octopus" by Ann Braden
