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 crossed windswept fields and leaped over thickets of shrubs and passed hot springs that sent steam floating into the sky.
From "The Wild Robot Protects" by Peter Brown
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