lee
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"When I saw Jerry lee Lewis I thought it was the best thing I'd ever seen apart from Little Richard - and then I saw Elton," he says.
From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2025
“I’m absolutely convinced that the tragedy was the result of wind and snow deposition, and the fact that they pitched camp in the lee of a ridge,” Wilkinson adds.
From National Geographic ● Jan. 28, 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
No mayday call was picked up after the Destination left the lee of St. George Island and entered turbulent seas.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 10, 2019
It was so late, so cold, one was so tired, that it would be much easier to lie down in a sleeping-bag in the lee of the sledge and not bother with the tent.
From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin
Aged 3-4 years on the lees, this opulent sparkler from a venerable Champagne house comes in an elegant flagon-shaped bottle.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 20, 2025
Like Muscadet, this is a wine with a lot of seaside influence with body, also often intensified by lees contact.
From Salon ● Jun. 3, 2023
Muscadet mirrors the marina freshness of oysters while adding the light richness of lees contact making a harmonious pairing.
From Salon ● Jun. 3, 2023
He butchered the fish, seasoning its meat with sake lees to intensify the sweetness, and he saw how much fat it still carried — a dead giveaway.
From New York Times ● Jan. 4, 2022
“Now,” cried the man, and he aimed a furious swipe at Lancelot’s lees.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
