Recent Examples on the WebBattling to maintain his early lead during a windswept second round at the 88th edition of the major, trouble looked to be brewing for the big-hitting American when his tee drive at the par-five 13th hole skewed right into the woods beside the fairway.—Jack Bantock, CNN, 13 Apr. 2024 Most of them had been built in the thirties, which was not long after the area had been known as the Outside Lands—desolate and windswept, just scattered people growing vegetables in the shifting dunes.—Zach Williams, The New Yorker, 18 Mar. 2024 The wild and windswept shore of Cala Conta in San Antonio boasts some of the best sunsets on the island and is also home to the iconic Sunset Ashram.—Chloe Sachdev, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 Feb. 2024 Sitting in a windswept crater 12,000 feet above sea level, Bolivia’s de facto capital is home to skyscrapers and millennia-old ruins.—Javier Rodríguez-Camacho, SPIN, 7 Mar. 2024 Heavy snow and fierce winds will affect the Sierra all day while windswept rain drenches coastal areas (including the Bay Area).—Kathryn Prociv, NBC News, 29 Feb. 2024 Beyond the hippy days and techno raves, the best things to do in Ibiza can be attributed to the island's staggering natural beauty of windswept beaches, coves, rocky red cliffs and pine forests.—Chloe Sachdev, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 Feb. 2024 The main house, a long, low-slung black fortress clad in wood and glass, hunkers down on a windswept plateau.—Mark David, Robb Report, 3 Feb. 2024 Not Nordic But Still Chilly Shetland (2013-) Set in the remote, windswept islands of Scotland, where the elements are so harsh there are no trees, the first seven seasons revolve around Detective Jimmy Perez, a lonely and oft-exasperated widower played by Douglas Henshall.—Andrea Duncan-Mao, Vulture, 28 Jan. 2024
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