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Recent Examples of downdraft
After the tornado dissipated just west of Maryland Route 5, radar indicated that the system evolved into a rear flank downdraft, producing straight-line wind damage in areas east of the highway.
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Todd Karpovich, Baltimore Sun, 15 July 2025
More than a week after a fast-moving storm tore through Austin, meteorologists have confirmed that a microburst — a rare and intense downdraft — was behind much of the destruction, with winds reaching up to 85 mph in parts of the city.
—Brandi D. Addison, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
The 27-foot Chris-Craft was hit by sudden, powerful waves generated by the storm’s downdraft winds.
—Bethany Wales, Sacbee.com, 25 June 2025
As previously mentioned, technology stocks have a tendency to exhibit upside leadership during rallies and downside leadership during downdrafts.
—Katie Stockton, CNBC, 12 May 2025
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Todd Karpovich, Baltimore Sun, 15 July 2025
More than a week after a fast-moving storm tore through Austin, meteorologists have confirmed that a microburst — a rare and intense downdraft — was behind much of the destruction, with winds reaching up to 85 mph in parts of the city.
—Brandi D. Addison, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
The 27-foot Chris-Craft was hit by sudden, powerful waves generated by the storm’s downdraft winds.
—Bethany Wales, Sacbee.com, 25 June 2025
As previously mentioned, technology stocks have a tendency to exhibit upside leadership during rallies and downside leadership during downdrafts.
—Katie Stockton, CNBC, 12 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for downdraft
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Sometimes a market-wide downturn will drag a Best Stock down into the depths with it.—
Josh Brown,Sean Russo,
CNBC,
8 Sep. 2025
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Outside of health care and social assistance, a sector in which job growth seems to be unaffected by over-all trends, the downturn in hiring extended across large parts of the economy, with fewer than half of all private-sector industries adding jobs last month.—
John Cassidy,
New Yorker,
8 Sep. 2025
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Investors are betting the slowdown will force the Fed’s hand.—
Eva Roytburg,
Fortune,
5 Sep. 2025
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The Friday report found that employers added just 22,000 jobs the month of August, continuing a slowdown in hiring.—
Solcyré Burga,
Time,
5 Sep. 2025
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The coming days will test whether Milei's popularity can withstand the dual pressures of economic stagnation and credibility erosion, or whether the volatile dynamics of Argentine politics will claim another victim.—
Agustino Fontevecchia,
Forbes.com,
6 Sep. 2025
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These legislative efforts indicate momentum at the federal level to increase the minimum wage after more than a decade of stagnation.—
Emma Burleigh,
Fortune,
3 Sep. 2025
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PepsiCo shares meanwhile bucked the downtrend after activist firm Elliott Investment Management took a stake in the soda maker.—
Alex Harring,
CNBC,
3 Sep. 2025
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Supply and demand are coming back into balance in the airline industry, meaning airfares are shooting higher again after an extended downtrend.—
Jason Ma,
Fortune,
16 Aug. 2025
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Most songs and albums are on the downswing, but Osbourne manages something unexpected this week in America.—
Hugh McIntyre,
Forbes.com,
18 Aug. 2025
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Even at 37 years old, on the downswing of his career — and even coming back from chronic inflammatory response syndrome and symptoms of long COVID — this is a job Toews might succeed in.—
Murat Ates,
New York Times,
21 June 2025
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“Downdraft.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/downdraft. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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