blown over
Example Sentences
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But while previous storms have blown over, there is increasing anxiety among some US allies that this time the damage might be harder to recover from.
From Barron's • Apr. 1, 2026
“Denmark and Greenland stood firm and refused to be blown over by the most powerful man in the world,” she said.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026
A section of the main motorway linking Scotland and England remains closed southbound after reports of multiple lorries being blown over during Storm Bram.
From BBC • Dec. 10, 2025
On the morning the Mountain fire erupted, wind gusts were so strong in Somis that several of the sturdy wooden boxes that housed Eduardo Flores’s bee colonies had already blown over.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 18, 2024
The timbers of small corrals were broken, well housings aslant, outhouses blown over and destroyed.
From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols
