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
Myriad other alerts, including a gale warning, small craft advisory, and high surf advisory, are in place along the western coast.
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Anna Skinner, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Sep. 2025
Forecasters sent gale warnings via telegraph to more than 100 stations.
—Frank Witsil, Freep.com, 25 Aug. 2025
Southern China also shuts down Southern China’s Hainan Island saw heavy rainfall and gales as the typhoon brushed past the island on Sunday.
—Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 25 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
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Anna Skinner, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Sep. 2025
Forecasters sent gale warnings via telegraph to more than 100 stations.
—Frank Witsil, Freep.com, 25 Aug. 2025
Southern China also shuts down Southern China’s Hainan Island saw heavy rainfall and gales as the typhoon brushed past the island on Sunday.
—Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 25 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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gale
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Florida, meanwhile, had an offensive explosion with 457 yards on a night when quarterback DJ Lagway and receiver Dallas Wilson — making his college debut after a foot injury sidelined the freshman prior to Saturday — showed off the upside the Gators have been waiting for.—
Grace Raynor,
New York Times,
5 Oct. 2025
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Attack largest of war on Lviv, Governor says A Reuters correspondent heard explosions booming across the dark morning sky as air defenses engaged targets from several directions.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
5 Oct. 2025
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Switching gears to summer, easy pieces from swimwear to shirtdresses came in an array of color bursts, and played with prints.—
Rhonda Richford,
Footwear News,
10 Oct. 2025
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Super Heavy alone is powered by 33 of SpaceX’s Raptor engines that give the initial burst of thrust at liftoff.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
10 Oct. 2025
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What To Know As of early Wednesday, a winter weather advisory is in place for Alaska’s Atigun Pass, where the NWS said snow accumulations between five and 10 inches, as well as wind gusts as high as 55 miles per hour, are expected.—
Joe Edwards,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Oct. 2025
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If gusts build, expect lower trajectories, more long irons off tees and conservative lines to back pins.—
Jenny Catlin,
New York Times,
8 Oct. 2025
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When Earth crosses paths with this point of a comet’s orbit, a meteor storm occurs, producing an outburst of meteors streaking across the sky.—
Gina Park,
CNN Money,
8 Oct. 2025
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Every few decades or so, the Draconids create a massive outburst with hundreds of meteors an hour visible from some locations on Earth.—
Lydia Price,
Travel + Leisure,
8 Oct. 2025
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These spirals of solar wind can lead to large solar eruptions that can affect astronauts in orbit and key technological infrastructure on Earth.—
Chris Young,
Interesting Engineering,
6 Oct. 2025
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The dazzling display is linked to two solar eruptions, known as coronal mass ejections (CMEs), that are now heading toward Earth.—
Valerie Mesa,
PEOPLE,
6 Oct. 2025
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The company is planning to open a flash joule heating plant to recover metals from electronic waste in Texas in December.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
9 Oct. 2025
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But in flashes, the discerning eye could see it.—
Alex Zietlow,
Charlotte Observer,
9 Oct. 2025
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As of Tuesday evening, the fire crew has achieved full containment of the blaze.—
CA WILDFIRE BOT,
Sacbee.com,
8 Oct. 2025
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And that's before the metaphoric storm of secrets and lies blazes through the station.—
Bryan West,
Nashville Tennessean,
7 Oct. 2025
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The seemingly low-risk, high-reward form of gambling has taken the sports betting world by storm.—
Sasha Rogelberg,
Fortune,
11 Oct. 2025
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Follow our coverage of the latest rain totals, forecasts and alerts as storms move through the state.—
Arizona Republic,
AZCentral.com,
10 Oct. 2025
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“Gale.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gale. Accessed 12 Oct. 2025.
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