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as in blow
a sudden brief rush of wind
a gust tore her umbrella from her grip and blew it down the street
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as in explosion
a sudden intense expression of strong feeling
the stressed-out coworker cried out with a gust of emotion that we had never witnessed before
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Recent Examples of gust
Melissa made landfall on Jamaica's southwest coast a week ago, with maximum sustained winds of 185 mph at its center with gusts of more than 200 mph.
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Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 4 Nov. 2025
But once the infrastructure is in place, gusts and photons are free.
—Shaun McKinnon, AZCentral.com, 4 Nov. 2025
Wind gusts of 23 mph in the day should decrease to around 8 mph in the evening.
—John Tufts, IndyStar, 31 Oct. 2025
At its peak, Melissa had maximum sustained winds of 185 mph with wind gusts over 200 mph.
—Abigail Adams, PEOPLE, 31 Oct. 2025
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Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 4 Nov. 2025
But once the infrastructure is in place, gusts and photons are free.
—Shaun McKinnon, AZCentral.com, 4 Nov. 2025
Wind gusts of 23 mph in the day should decrease to around 8 mph in the evening.
—John Tufts, IndyStar, 31 Oct. 2025
At its peak, Melissa had maximum sustained winds of 185 mph with wind gusts over 200 mph.
—Abigail Adams, PEOPLE, 31 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gust
Noun
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The first accounts of cheating and payoffs during exam week surfaced—a blow to the belief in fairness on which the whole system of guilds depended.—
George Packer,
The Atlantic,
6 Nov. 2025
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Google had hoped to void those changes with an appeal, but the ruling issued in July by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals delivered a legal blow for the tech giant, which has been waylaid in three separate antitrust trials affecting different pillars of its internet empire.—
Emma Burleigh,
Fortune,
6 Nov. 2025
Noun
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The cause of the fire and explosion was not immediately clear.—
Karissa Waddick,
USA Today,
2 Nov. 2025
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The explosion of sports betting into the American sports industry was abrupt and jarring, and nobody is quite used to it yet.—
David Hill,
Rolling Stone,
31 Oct. 2025
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Iguazú Falls Landing in Foz do Iguaçu was a breeze.—
Taylor McIntyre,
Travel + Leisure,
5 Nov. 2025
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Tries a first flight from the escarpment, a learner breeze across the valley, and realises – wow!—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 Nov. 2025
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Despite the generally mild outlook, meteorologists are watching key atmospheric factors that could create bursts of intense snow, like expected next week when an early-season lake-effect snow is expected to impact the Great Lakes.—
Brandi D. Addison,
Freep.com,
7 Nov. 2025
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Comedian and actress Atsuko Okatsuka opened the ceremony with a burst of laughter and energy.—
Ryma Chikhoune,
Footwear News,
7 Nov. 2025
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Two Bulls lives in a trailer home that was one of 200 provided more than a decade ago by the Federal Emergency Management Agency following a devastating tornado.—
Alicia Wallace,
CNN Money,
7 Nov. 2025
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In December of 2015, four tornadoes ripped through the region, killing two people and injuring seven more.—
Diana Leyva,
Nashville Tennessean,
6 Nov. 2025
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These outbursts send radiation and charged particles hurling into space and can disrupt communications on Earth if the flare erupts from an Earth-facing sunspot.—
Daisy Dobrijevic,
Space.com,
5 Nov. 2025
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This outburst was mysterious at the time and remains mysterious.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
4 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Fifty years ago this month, the gales of November swallowed the SS Edmund Fitzgerald along with her crew of 29 men, one of the largest ships to go down on Lake Superior and the Great Lakes.—
Sarah Moore,
Freep.com,
4 Nov. 2025
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What To Know Numerous weather alerts were in place for hundreds of thousands of people in Oregon and Washington on Wednesday, including a high surf advisory, hydrologic outlook, small craft advisory and gale warning.—
Anna Skinner,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 Oct. 2025
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Remember, the ground is its most fertile and luscious right after a volcanic eruption.—
Meghan Rose,
Glamour,
1 Nov. 2025
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Continue reading … POLITICS ‘WHAT A JOKE’ – Mamdani's father sparks viral internet eruption days before NYC mayoral election.—
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FOXNews.com,
30 Oct. 2025
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“Gust.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gust. Accessed 8 Nov. 2025.
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