windy
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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 very windy in the beginning. I felt like it was very hard to control the ball," he said.
From Barron's ● Aug. 3, 2026
How did trucks and tourists and Californians manage the uphills and downhills among inclines and ridges that could be windy or icy or foggy, sometimes all at once?
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 1, 2026
On Wednesday, 172 people made the journey in three boats, bringing an end to an 11-day hiatus because of windy conditions in the Channel.
From BBC ● Jul. 26, 2026
Lolo’s hands are folded in his lap, and his white hair is sticking up funny, the way it does on a windy day.
From "Merci Suárez Changes Gears" by Meg Medina
But Matt Fitzpatrick, who was one of the pre-Open favourites, finished two over after a difficult evening in the tougher, windier conditions.
From BBC ● Jul. 16, 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
With the nights drawing in along with wetter, windier and cooler weather recently, you may have noticed it's starting to feel like autumn.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2025
The study found that current conditions have been warmer, drier and windier compared with the past, in the areas affected by the fires.
From BBC ● Jan. 16, 2025
Mucky clouds lidded the sunrise but today was bags windier and better for kite flying.
From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell
The wettest and windiest weather will be across western areas.
From BBC ● Mar. 6, 2026
"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
Gusts could reach up to 80 mph in the windiest corridors of Los Angeles and Ventura counties on Monday night into Tuesday, officials said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 8, 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
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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