windmill
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But Sophie Cunningham has let the state turn her into a combination of Sancho Panza and Don Quixote, willing to joust with a windmill.
From Salon ● Aug. 9, 2026
Thiero delivered a breakaway windmill dunk in the second quarter Friday that brought cheers from the fans, a moment in which the second-year Lakers forward displayed his athleticism.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 11, 2026
Think of it as the aircraft's emergency windmill: if both engines fail, or the plane loses normal electrical or hydraulic power, a small turbine drops into the airstream and generates backup power.
From BBC ● Jun. 15, 2026
“My goal is to not let any windmill be built.”
From Barron's ● Jan. 13, 2026
Adam had paid him for his work, had even paid him for the windmill parts and did not want the windmills.
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
For Cunningham’s supporters, it doesn’t matter that her opponents, as in “Don Quixote,” are not fierce giants but windmills posing no threat.
From Salon ● Aug. 9, 2026
Many technologies can generate low-frequency noise, including ventilation systems, heat pumps, road traffic and windmills.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 19, 2026
There are windmills to slay, crises to fabricate, rings to kiss.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 4, 2026
“Big ugly windmills, they ruin your neighborhood,” he said in January 2025.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 15, 2026
To her left the slope fell away toward a landscape of olive and lemon groves, of poorly tended vineyards and abandoned windmills, lying hazy in the evening light.
From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman
They stomped their feet, windmilled their arms, filling the dance floor with a cyclone of moving bodies.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 17, 2022
They windmilled their instruments in tandem, grinned at each other between numbers and tossed guitar picks to the crowd.
From New York Times ● Mar. 9, 2022
He slipped and windmilled his arms to regain his balance, which made him think about how humans balance ourselves.
From Slate ● Aug. 1, 2021
Dark-eyed, dressy little town dolls and dutch-bobbed blondies from windmilled countrysides.
From The New Yorker ● Apr. 8, 2019
The blade windmilled, its every turn visible to Thomas, as if the world had turned to slow motion.
From "The Maze Runner" by James Dashner
We're not going to see AJ run across the ring in the first few seconds and start windmilling.
From BBC ● Dec. 17, 2025
Bae caught teammate Jason Delay chugging toward home and third base coach Mike Rabello’s right arm windmilling.
From Washington Times ● Sep. 7, 2023
“Southern Recollections: Romare Bearden” starts excitingly big, the dancers sliding across the stage, arms windmilling, to a Wynton Marsalis jazz-orchestra evocation of a train.
From New York Times ● Jan. 12, 2023
A few relievers stretched in the bullpen, swinging their legs, windmilling their arms in the humid air.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 13, 2021
She stops spinning her handles and switches into her victory dance, windmilling her arms as she leaps around the room.
From "The Benefits of Being an Octopus" by Ann Braden
