get wind of
Example Sentences
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It was the one point the SBU worried most that the FSB might get wind of the operation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 10, 2025
“I get wind of this video on Instagram, and it changed my whole world,” she said, “because I had felt completely alone.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 28, 2024
Investors use them to shadow chief executives to get wind of corporate mergers.
From New York Times ● Feb. 3, 2022
But a dishonest former IRS agent and a thuggish Bahamian customs official get wind of it and hope to trick Doc into revealing the location of the rest of the treasure.
From Washington Times ● Feb. 12, 2020
Thinking that I could be jailed for such behaviour if the police were ever to get wind of it did not prevent me from being spontaneous.
From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane
