lee

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Because of the south-easterly wind direction, places like Aultbea lie in the lee of the Cairngorm mountains, this is called the Fohn effect.

From BBC • Feb. 6, 2026

El estafador teclea palabras en un programa que luego las lee.

From New York Times • Sep. 3, 2023

The winds developed as a strong low pressure zone intensified in the lee of Rocky Mountains.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 31, 2021

“The holloway is absence,” Macfarlane explains; “a wood-way worn away by buried feet. … Walking, running, hiding man, huddled in the lee of a tree.”

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 20, 2020

She pulled Natalie in close, and they hid as best they could in the lee of a solar water heater.

From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz