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as in blow
a sudden brief rush of wind
a gust tore her umbrella from her grip and blew it down the street
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as in explosion
a sudden intense expression of strong feeling
the stressed-out coworker cried out with a gust of emotion that we had never witnessed before
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Recent Examples of gust
Melissa made landfall on Jamaica's southwest coast a week ago, with maximum sustained winds of 185 mph at its center with gusts of more than 200 mph.
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Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 4 Nov. 2025
But once the infrastructure is in place, gusts and photons are free.
—Shaun McKinnon, AZCentral.com, 4 Nov. 2025
Wind gusts of 23 mph in the day should decrease to around 8 mph in the evening.
—John Tufts, IndyStar, 31 Oct. 2025
At its peak, Melissa had maximum sustained winds of 185 mph with wind gusts over 200 mph.
—Abigail Adams, PEOPLE, 31 Oct. 2025
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Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 4 Nov. 2025
But once the infrastructure is in place, gusts and photons are free.
—Shaun McKinnon, AZCentral.com, 4 Nov. 2025
Wind gusts of 23 mph in the day should decrease to around 8 mph in the evening.
—John Tufts, IndyStar, 31 Oct. 2025
At its peak, Melissa had maximum sustained winds of 185 mph with wind gusts over 200 mph.
—Abigail Adams, PEOPLE, 31 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gust
Noun
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Green Bay's offense was dealt a massive blow last week when star tight end Tucker Kraft went down with a torn ACL against the Panthers.—
Reice Shipley,
MSNBC Newsweek,
11 Nov. 2025
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The groundbreaking research penetrated the last moments of the young nobleman, who suffered a terrible 26 blows.—
Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
10 Nov. 2025
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Local media also reported that several explosions were heard before the fire began.—
Charlotte Phillipp,
PEOPLE,
9 Nov. 2025
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Jonathan Taylor’s offensive explosion helped push the Indianapolis Colts past the Atlanta Falcons on Sunday in the first NFL regular-season game in Berlin, 31-25, in overtime.—
Ryan Gaydos,
FOXNews.com,
9 Nov. 2025
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Iguazú Falls Landing in Foz do Iguaçu was a breeze.—
Taylor McIntyre,
Travel + Leisure,
5 Nov. 2025
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Tries a first flight from the escarpment, a learner breeze across the valley, and realises – wow!—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 Nov. 2025
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Despite the generally mild outlook, meteorologists are watching key atmospheric factors that could create bursts of intense snow, like expected next week when an early-season lake-effect snow is expected to impact the Great Lakes.—
Brandi D. Addison,
Freep.com,
7 Nov. 2025
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Comedian and actress Atsuko Okatsuka opened the ceremony with a burst of laughter and energy.—
Ryma Chikhoune,
Footwear News,
7 Nov. 2025
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Two Bulls lives in a trailer home that was one of 200 provided more than a decade ago by the Federal Emergency Management Agency following a devastating tornado.—
Alicia Wallace,
CNN Money,
7 Nov. 2025
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In December of 2015, four tornadoes ripped through the region, killing two people and injuring seven more.—
Diana Leyva,
Nashville Tennessean,
6 Nov. 2025
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These outbursts send radiation and charged particles hurling into space and can disrupt communications on Earth if the flare erupts from an Earth-facing sunspot.—
Daisy Dobrijevic,
Space.com,
5 Nov. 2025
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This outburst was mysterious at the time and remains mysterious.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
4 Nov. 2025
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National speculation is this cycle suggests there might be more than 40 head coach vacancies when the dust settles, meaning the breeze coming off the carousel now could rise to gale-force winds come December.—
Andy Greder,
Twin Cities,
6 Nov. 2025
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Donald Erickson and his crew to brave a gale-force storm to search for survivors of the doomed SS Edmund Fitzgerald.—
Frank Witsil,
Freep.com,
4 Nov. 2025
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Whereas Balle’s first two books are inward and meditative, her third witnesses an eruption of politics.—
Katy Waldman,
New Yorker,
10 Nov. 2025
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In 2022, debris from an underwater volcanic eruption severed the island's only subsea communication cable, cutting the island off from the rest of the world.—
Magdalena Petrova,
CNBC,
8 Nov. 2025
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“Gust.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gust. Accessed 12 Nov. 2025.
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