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windmill

[wind-mil] / ˈwɪndˌmɪl /


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“My goal is to not let any windmill be built.”

From Barron's • Jan. 13, 2026

"I grew up with the project of restoring the windmill."

From BBC • Dec. 10, 2025

In laying out the workings of a traditional Dutch windmill, for instance, he conjures a fictional miller, “a congenial fellow” who “knocks out his pipe on the door frame” before getting to work.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 28, 2025

They have the largest wooden windmill in America.

From Slate • Oct. 22, 2025

He washed his face in the steel-cold water of the iron trough by the windmill.

From "Ceremony:" by Leslie Marmon Silko



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