winds

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From her earliest years, Emily thrilled to the austere glories of the landscape, with its great desolate stretches of rocky turf and rushing waterways all shaped and pummeled by winds that whistled and “wuthered.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

Pounding rain and strong winds did not stop more than 5,000 spectators from turning up at a football stadium in Suwon, just south of Seoul, on Wednesday night.

From BBC • May 22, 2026

It generally supports fewer tropical storms and hurricanes in the Atlantic, because it can create strong vertical winds there that can tilt or tear those systems before they strengthen.

From Barron's • May 21, 2026

Once they do, they can release enormous amounts of energy, producing intense winds and powerful cloud-to-cloud lightning.

From Science Daily • May 21, 2026

It winds back and forth like a mammoth snake.

From "Black Star, Bright Dawn" by Scott O'Dell