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The sailors looked windswept and tired.
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The spirit that still drives flight Today marks the 122nd anniversary of that historic morning, a moment that still resonates far beyond the windswept dunes of North Carolina.
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Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 17 Dec. 2025
But the lawsuit claims the company had neglected to replace aging utility poles in the windswept Panhandle, some of which were nearly 100 years old and more than twice their typical lifespan of 40 years.
—Jim Vertuno, Fortune, 17 Dec. 2025
Paxton's lawsuit claims the company neglected to replace aging utility poles in the windswept Panhandle, some of which were nearly 100 years old and more than twice their typical lifespan of 40 years.
—CBS News, 16 Dec. 2025
Soon, their low-slung, single-story homes would be overshadowed by condos and mega-hotels, their windswept beaches packed with tourists, the dark sky fractured by lights that would disorient nesting sea turtles.
—Denise Hruby, Miami Herald, 15 Dec. 2025
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Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 17 Dec. 2025
But the lawsuit claims the company had neglected to replace aging utility poles in the windswept Panhandle, some of which were nearly 100 years old and more than twice their typical lifespan of 40 years.
—Jim Vertuno, Fortune, 17 Dec. 2025
Paxton's lawsuit claims the company neglected to replace aging utility poles in the windswept Panhandle, some of which were nearly 100 years old and more than twice their typical lifespan of 40 years.
—CBS News, 16 Dec. 2025
Soon, their low-slung, single-story homes would be overshadowed by condos and mega-hotels, their windswept beaches packed with tourists, the dark sky fractured by lights that would disorient nesting sea turtles.
—Denise Hruby, Miami Herald, 15 Dec. 2025
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“Windswept.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/windswept. Accessed 27 Dec. 2025.
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windswept
adjective
wind·swept
-ˌswept 
: disturbed by or as if by wind
a windswept beach
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