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windbreaker

[wind-brey-ker] / ˈwɪndˌbreɪ kər /


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As we get into our larger parachutes, like the drogues and the mains, we have a lighter-weight nylon ... not unlike what you might build a tent out of, or an old-school windbreaker.

From Barron's Apr. 10, 2026

On a cool, spring Thursday morning, Sicelokuhle Moyo, dressed in a blue-and-beige skirt, thick windbreaker and a black headwrap, set out early for the clinic.

From BBC Oct. 17, 2025

That has limited ICE’s ability to do things like wear a windbreaker that just says Police on it.

From Slate Jul. 3, 2025

Dressed in denim and a monogrammed windbreaker, cradling a cup of coffee, he was casual and unassuming, perfectly attired for fact-finding on a late fall morning.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 20, 2024

He liked to talk like that, adopting a slight shift in his voice, as if he was a gangster in a movie and wearing a three-piece suit, not a windbreaker over a shirt and tie.

From "Tradition" by Brendan Kiely




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