wind

With the potential for extreme weather––past years have seen wind storms and torrential rains—festivalgoers are packing accordingly.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026

The state has a goal to develop 25 gigawatts of offshore wind power by 2045, enough to provide about 13% of its electricity supply.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026

Lala carried a record wind gust of 140 miles per hour, recorded on the peak of Mauna Kea, while across the state more than 100 homes were damaged or destroyed by cataclysmic flooding.

From Salon ● Aug. 28, 2026

Tromp was photographing a Namaqua chameleon in the Namib Desert when the wind suddenly intensified, bringing a sandstorm that quickly reduced visibility and made breathing difficult.

From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026

The wind was gusting the demon’s scent towards him.

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver

Crowds winded through greenways and walking trails, processing through thin paths in single-file lines and dodging annoyed runners and whizzing bikers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 14, 2026

Pupil B was described by the former head of girls sport as being winded during the match and nothing more and when she asked Pupil B how she was she said "all good."

From BBC ● Apr. 21, 2026

She got winded just climbing the stairs to her bedroom.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 24, 2026

Why does a brief jog leave some people winded while others seem to glide along with ease?

From Science Daily ● Jan. 8, 2026

Mal stood with her back against a wall, winded, trying to catch her breath, staring down at the first boy.

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell

"We expect to see many public miners continue winding down their Bitcoin mining hardware in the coming quarters," he said.

From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026

And as it bookends a summer led by “Obsession” and “Backrooms” fervor, with studios clamoring to find the next Gen Z wunderkind, Ullom quietly but consistently surpasses his peers at every winding turn.

From Salon ● Aug. 24, 2026

Afterward, along the winding descent, I met Alex House, a 36-year-old former Airman.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 2026

Military trucks sped across winding roads through farmland and quiet villages to one of Europe's most strategic borders, separating Poland and the Russian exclave Kaliningrad.

From Barron's ● Aug. 21, 2026

They were about twenty miles from their hometown of Cedar, Washington, rumbling along a winding highway.

From "I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980" by Lauren Tarshis

He suffered a shrapnel wound to his leg and was recovering in hospital when he learned his son had been born.

From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026

Like the billionaire geniuses who created social media that wound up depressing, dumbing down and dehumanizing civilization, the motives of these companies were purely financial.

From Salon ● Aug. 24, 2026

Later, as the marketplace wound down, Trump Jr. “worked to help the company close and maintain material relationships in payment processing and our other fintech offerings,” Kent said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026

Sam Rockwell plays Frank, his slicker, more easygoing partner — he gives Cage’s tightly wound performance someone to ricochet off.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026

As we wound along the mountain road, Olka cranked her window down, leaned out, and gulped at the air as if to eat it.

From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman