as in explosion
a sudden intense expression of strong feeling
the audience responded to the comedian's joke with gales of laughter
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Recent Examples of gale
The air was thick with the elephants’ musty smell, and low-frequency rumbles rolled like thunder across the gale.
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Chris Schalkx, AFAR Media, 20 Aug. 2025
Northeast winds are expected to intensify over the Cape and Islands, and could reach gale-force.
—Rick Sobey, Boston Herald, 20 Aug. 2025
After enough time, Luhn said the rain turned into a powerful storm with gale winds and a torrential downpour.
—Jack Albright, jsonline.com, 20 Aug. 2025
To visualize Miller in Padres pinstripes, think of Gossage’s rear-back-and-fire launches, only with a gale behind them.
—Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Aug. 2025
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Chris Schalkx, AFAR Media, 20 Aug. 2025
Northeast winds are expected to intensify over the Cape and Islands, and could reach gale-force.
—Rick Sobey, Boston Herald, 20 Aug. 2025
After enough time, Luhn said the rain turned into a powerful storm with gale winds and a torrential downpour.
—Jack Albright, jsonline.com, 20 Aug. 2025
To visualize Miller in Padres pinstripes, think of Gossage’s rear-back-and-fire launches, only with a gale behind them.
—Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gale
Noun
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The more massive stars can produce heavier elements such as carbon, oxygen and nitrogen, all the way up to iron, in a sequence of fusion reactions that end in a supernova explosion.—
Luke Keller,
Space.com,
7 Sep. 2025
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But two years ago, as the latest wave of artificial intelligence began reshaping education, Leskovec told Fortune he was rocked by the explosion of his field into the mainstream.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
7 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The family’s ring doorbell camera captured a man in all black who appeared to stand in the middle of their street raising a gun and three bursts of gunfire from different locations.—
Tess Kenny,
Chicago Tribune,
5 Sep. 2025
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French rocket builder and ArianeGroup subsidiary MaiaSpace announced the completion of a monthslong test campaign that subjected several subscale prototypes of its propellant tanks to high-pressure burst tests, European Spaceflight reports.—
Eric Berger,
ArsTechnica,
5 Sep. 2025
Noun
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In addition, residents can check wave height predictions by viewing the NWS Great Lakes Portal, which updates wave heights, wind gusts and air temperature forecasts.—
Sarah Moore,
Freep.com,
4 Sep. 2025
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Temperatures will be slightly cooler over the fire today, with winds outside of thunderstorm gusts being typical diurnal winds.—
CA WILDFIRE BOT,
Sacbee.com,
4 Sep. 2025
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Although Hill later attributed his end-of-season outburst to frustration due to a fractured wrist that ailed him all season and the Dolphins’ lack of a playoff berth, his actions likely hurt many of his teammates.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
4 Sep. 2025
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This student’s outbursts had been an ongoing issue for three years, and Elliot quickly realized that few teachers had received the necessary restraint training to handle this student.—
IndyStar,
IndyStar,
3 Sep. 2025
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Around the time of this flip, solar activity gradually ramps up, causing more solar eruptions like solar flares and coronal mass ejections.—
Maria Azzurra Volpe,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Sep. 2025
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The tour also visits Heimaey, Vestmannaeyjar’s only inhabited island, and the lava fields created by the 1973 volcanic eruption.—
Mia Taylor,
Boston Herald,
7 Sep. 2025
Noun
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That is more relevant to his departure than those initial flashes of brilliance.—
Andy Naylor,
New York Times,
4 Sep. 2025
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Some locations that will experience flash flooding include Phoenix, Maricopa, Bapchule, Olberg, Ak-Chin Village and Komatke.—
Arizona Republic,
AZCentral.com,
4 Sep. 2025
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Properties belonging to Sher Bahadur Deuba, the leader of the largest party in the Nepali Congress, Home Minister Ramesh Lekhak and Maoist Pushpa Kamal Dahal, the leader of the Communist Party of Nepal, were also targeted in the blazes.—
Greg Norman,
FOXNews.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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An investigation by The Arizona Republic, part of the USA TODAY Network, found that the fire was allowed to burn for seven days after a July 4 lightning strike touched off the blaze – even as fuel and weather conditions repeatedly reached the brink of critical thresholds for fire risk.—
Rey Covarrubias Jr,
USA Today,
9 Sep. 2025
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The likelihood of lightning increases as a thunderstorm gets closer and reaches its highest point when the storm is directly overhead.—
STAR-TELEGRAM WEATHER BOT,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
6 Sep. 2025
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None of the six summer arrivals have yet taken English football by storm and Wolves needed at least a couple of players who were battle-hardened in the league.—
Steve Madeley,
New York Times,
5 Sep. 2025
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“Gale.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gale. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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