windswept
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At least, that’s what it feels like while sitting on the patio of his new house overlooking the windswept L.A. skyline on a recent afternoon.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 4, 2026
It rumbles and undulates across the floor, like a lonely camel enduring across a windswept desert.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026
The narrow, windswept island is packed with wildlife.
From Science Daily • May 14, 2026
Standing on the windswept central square of Slavutych, he said that his first, "nuclear" war was against an invisible, odourless poison.
From Barron's • Apr. 25, 2026
Out on this windswept fell, she felt exposed, like a caterpillar dangling on a thread.
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
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