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windy

[win-dee] / ˈwɪn di /




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Dry, windy days lift ash back into the air, while rain and snow turn it into a heavy deposit blocking drains and damaging infrastructure.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026

These areas are used to strong winds at this time of year but if the windy conditions funnel through the central lowlands there could be some disruption.

From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026

They drive what seems to be about 45 minutes to the resort, through wooded forests on windy roads, and arrive in a tropical location overlooking miles of white sandy beach.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026

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

The road stretches for miles and is long and windy.

From "Like Vanessa" by Tami Charles

“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

"The weather has changed, it's getting windier every year," said Mr Hong, who also chairs the Jeju Fishing Boat Owners Association.

From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2025

Low pressure will move in from the Atlantic on Saturday bringing windier conditions before rain arrives towards the evening.

From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2025

Hotter, drier, windier, wetter — the extremes are battering us increasingly.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2025

This ride was much noisier, bumpier, and windier.

From "Fablehaven" by Brandon Mull

"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

There is a chance that red flag warnings could be extended in the windiest areas through Friday.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 22, 2025

The wettest and windiest weather will again be across Scotland, Northern Ireland, northern England and north Wales.

From BBC ● Aug. 19, 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

The wind was blowing harder than anything I’d ever experienced anywhere, even on the Patagonian Ice Cap, a place reputed to be the windiest on the planet.

From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer




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