windswept

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Nonetheless, the organization’s 80 acres are home to a variety of artist residencies, which use the windswept isolation of the desert to activate dormant ideas.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 31, 2026

"Set within a wild, windswept moorland, King and Queen took on a new life," said Alice Murray of auctioneers Christie's.

From BBC • Mar. 15, 2026

The event has been held at the picturesque and often windswept waterfront circuit some two hours outside of Melbourne since 1997, but its contract expires this year.

From Barron's • Feb. 19, 2026

Its single “Chains of Love” is a hybrid of new and old, with orchestral flourishes bouncing off the singer’s voice, which is processed to sound pinched and distant—as if echoing across a windswept moor, perhaps.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 30, 2025

She’d have to keep an eye on them, but at least they weren’t the Silent Assassins from the windswept dunes of the Red Desert.

From "Throne of Glass" by Sarah J. Maas