wind
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If the High Court chooses to wind up CSBL, then it does present a clear question for the EFL.
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
Firefighters launched a potentially decisive push Tuesday to encircle Belgium's largest wildfire in a century, despite wind and rain hampering air support operations over the High Fens nature reserve.
From Barron's ● Aug. 18, 2026
In a notice in the Federal Register published Friday, BIS said the rule eliminates wind gust tolerance as a control parameter and removes national security licensing requirements for drones with capabilities lasting under three hours.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026
“We have an abundance of renewables, and we’re doing good with procurement, but the sun sets, the wind doesn’t blow, and that’s where reliability and stability come into question,” Doyle said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2026
We leaned into the wind and staggered on through the snow.
From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo
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Her senses of taste and smell have rebounded, and she gets less winded on hikes with her grandchildren.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026
Pupil B was described by the former head of girls sport as being winded during the match and nothing more and when she asked Pupil B how she was she said "all good."
From BBC ● Apr. 21, 2026
Why does a brief jog leave some people winded while others seem to glide along with ease?
From Science Daily ● Jan. 8, 2026
Michael Olise's outstanding, emphatic finish could have winded a side seemingly searching for air, while Kane's merciless volley had the potential to suck the life out of them.
From BBC ● Feb. 12, 2025
The brisk walk back to the house was making her too winded to converse intelligently.
From "The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling" by Maryrose Wood
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Khosla had seen Microsoft’s announcement last year that it was winding down its free nonprofit licenses beginning July 2025, but, per the record, he should have still been in the clear.
From Slate ● Aug. 18, 2026
The idea resembles winding optical fiber around a spool, but nanofabrication makes it possible to fit the path into a far smaller footprint.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 17, 2026
Starr is criminally sarcastic, and delights in winding people up.
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026
With earnings season winding down, investors’ focus will shift to inflation data this week.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 9, 2026
The boulders make a winding path to one giant mesa, a large hill with a flat top.
From "A Rover's Story" by Jasmine Warga
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Premier League chief executive Richard Masters has criticised Fifa president Gianni Infantino's World Cup sell-off plan, saying the organisation has "pressed the self-destruct button" by delivering "a self-inflicted wound".
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
Medical applications include wound dressings, drug delivery systems, and resorbable implants or sutures that slowly degrade inside the body.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 17, 2026
After heading that summer to San Francisco to intern at a Y-Combinator-backed company called LendUp, she wound up staying in the city.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026
Fong called the emergency services and attempted first aid, including applying pressure to the wound, but Jones could not be saved.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
Maya-Jade said, and they wound their way toward the bleachers to watch.
From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman
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