gale
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A gale warning was also in effect for inner coastal waters, with officials discouraging boating until conditions improved.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 16, 2026
Once unfurled, it holds up in anything short of a gale.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 20, 2025
For a moment, I felt myself transported, like a gale off Lake Michigan had carried us all back through time.
From Slate • Nov. 10, 2025
These will linger longest across northern areas, with rainfall totals enhanced on western hills by strong to gale force winds.
From BBC • Jul. 4, 2025
Before the gale ended that afternoon, the men had had to crawl onto the deck three times to get rid of the boat’s shell of ice.
From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong
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