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The sailors looked windswept and tired.
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Fly or float in via the local airport and ferry terminal, then enjoy windswept beaches, galleries, and upscale restaurants all within steps of Main Street.
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Sarah Cahalan, Travel + Leisure, 13 July 2024
Its transmission station is located on a windswept bluff in Bolinas.
—Lisa M. Krieger, The Mercury News, 12 July 2024
Sitting between Scotland, Norway and Iceland in the North Atlantic Ocean, the isolated archipelago is known for its breathtaking scenery and windswept fjords.
—Irenie Forshaw, theweek, 9 July 2024
Canada’s islands offer wild, windswept beauty and lush pine forests, quaint seaport towns, and cultural capitals that thrum with energy year round.
—Lila Harron Battis, Travel + Leisure, 9 July 2024
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Sarah Cahalan, Travel + Leisure, 13 July 2024
Its transmission station is located on a windswept bluff in Bolinas.
—Lisa M. Krieger, The Mercury News, 12 July 2024
Sitting between Scotland, Norway and Iceland in the North Atlantic Ocean, the isolated archipelago is known for its breathtaking scenery and windswept fjords.
—Irenie Forshaw, theweek, 9 July 2024
Canada’s islands offer wild, windswept beauty and lush pine forests, quaint seaport towns, and cultural capitals that thrum with energy year round.
—Lila Harron Battis, Travel + Leisure, 9 July 2024
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“Windswept.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/windswept. Accessed 27 Jul. 2024.
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windswept
adjective
wind·swept
-ˌswept 
: disturbed by or as if by wind
a windswept beach
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