windblown

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They monitor not only wind speeds and gusts, but the presence of windblown debris and vegetation dryness, using hundreds of weather stations and sensors.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 7, 2025

Matthew Cuba, the squadron’s cultural resource manager, said the formation of white sand dunes inadvertently buried the site with windblown silt protecting the archaeological remains.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 2, 2024

Battered by strengthening winds, with the course increasingly covered in windblown snow, many had barely made it halfway round.

From BBC • Jan. 22, 2024

In 2021, they found what they were looking for: a slope of the Chinese Loess Plateau where windblown sediment had accumulated relatively quickly, creating a high-resolution record.

From Science Magazine • Jan. 7, 2024

He turns as I enter, taking in my windblown hair and muddy trousers and shaking his head with contempt.

From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin