sirocco
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As locals will tell you, nature is in charge here, and when a sirocco hits, you have to go with the flow.
From New York Times ● May 29, 2024
On this occasion, though, we are all so in the thrall of Driver, who breezes in and out of “Burn This” like a sirocco, that we believe in his ability to turn Anna’s head.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 21, 2019
Gwyneth appears to be wearing a sirocco of flower petals.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 14, 2017
In the summer, the squares are picked clean by le sirocco, a wind that originates in the Sahara and covers the rooftops in fine red sand.
From Salon ● May 15, 2016
Like their master, the South Wind, they were conflicted—half hot, dry sirocco, half stormy thunderhead.
From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan
In the glass-topped Grand Palais, which looked and felt like a hothouse, electric fans set small siroccos swirling over the delegates' heads.
From Time Magazine Archive
The summer house is a rude brush shelter, usually made with four corner posts, a flat top of brush, and a windbreak of the same material as a protection against the hot desert siroccos.
From The North American Indian by Curtis, Edward S.
I must remark, also, that the house was well warmed and ventilated, without the aid of alternating siroccos and north winds.
From The Englishwoman in America by Bird, Isabella L. (Isabella Lucy)
And it is not only the siroccos that help forward His purpose for us!
From Parables of the Christ-life by Trotter, I. Lilias
Of the atmosphere the gardener has almost absolute control—no siroccos, biting frost, or destructive winds interfere.
From Prairie Farmer, Vol. 56: No. 1, January 5, 1884. A Weekly Journal for the Farm, Orchard and Fireside by Various
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