gale
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"Conditions on Ishigaki gale force with some overnight gusts to typhoon strength."
From Barron's ● Jul. 11, 2026
But gale force winds led to the crew and tugboats having to evacuate and the ship was left to ride out the storm for several hours.
From BBC ● Feb. 14, 2026
An icy gale blew incessantly in concert with a torrential deluge.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 23, 2025
Once unfurled, it holds up in anything short of a gale.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 20, 2025
And on the clipper they’d met the Gallivespians, who were strangers from the moon, blown down to the earth by a fierce gale out of the Milky Way.
From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman
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