windy
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Dry, windy days lift ash back into the air, while rain and snow turn it into a heavy deposit blocking drains and damaging infrastructure.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026
They drive what seems to be about 45 minutes to the resort, through wooded forests on windy roads, and arrive in a tropical location overlooking miles of white sandy beach.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026
The shortfall in power is usually covered by solar and wind during the hot, windy daytimes - but traditional coal- and gas-powered generation will have to be supplemented by imports during the evenings.
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026
Summer can be especially windy, whipping up the waters around the Cyclades just as tourists flock to the popular islands of Mykonos, Naxos and Milos.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
It was windy, so I kept pushing a stray piece of hair out of my eyes.
From "P.S. I Miss You" by Jen Petro-Roy
The forecast further ahead and into October is more uncertain but signs are it could start to feel more like autumn with wetter and windier weather becoming more dominant.
From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026
“This second time around journey has been a little windier in many ways , but wow we are so grateful for this moment!! Little sissy on the way!!!”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 11, 2026
A return to milder, wetter, and windier Atlantic weather has brought an end to the recent UK cold snap, which caused widespread disruption from snow and ice.
From BBC ● Jan. 12, 2026
Hotter, drier, windier, wetter — the extremes are battering us increasingly.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2025
This ride was much noisier, bumpier, and windier.
From "Fablehaven" by Brandon Mull
"Antarctica is the coldest, driest, and windiest place on the planet. It is also the highest continent on Earth," Tordeur said.
From Barron's ● Nov. 1, 2025
Shetland is the windiest part of the UK, which means it will be rare for the turbines not to be spinning.
From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2024
In a doctoral dissertation that year, Paul Siple, an Antarctic explorer and geographer, observed that “it is not always the windiest days or the coldest ones that affect man’s sensation of chill most.”
From New York Times ● Jan. 12, 2024
It's actually the windiest place in our solar system.
From Salon ● Aug. 25, 2023
That would have been a swell strategy, too, if it hadn’t been the windiest day of the whole year.
From "Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie" by Jordan Sonnenblick
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