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gusts

noun

plural of gust

as in blows

a sudden brief rush of wind a gust tore her umbrella from her grip and blew it down the street

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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 gusts South winds will increase to around 15–20 mph, with occasional higher gusts. — Michael Autovino, CBS News, 13 Oct. 2026 Between Thursday afternoon and Friday afternoon, large swaths of Southern California will see sustained winds of 20 to 40 mph and gusts from 40 to 60 mph, according to Ryan Kittell, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Oxnard. — Terry Castleman, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2026 Winds are expected to increase to 15 to 20 mph in the afternoon, with gusts up to 35 mph, the weather service said. — Kansas City Star, 12 Oct. 2026 The region is still at risk of flash floods as the storm's remnants were expected to continue dumping rain and bringing wind gusts through the weekend, the weather service said, adding that high surf would continue battering coastal communities. — Adrian Florido, NPR, 11 Oct. 2026 On Friday, high temperatures across northern California will start to dip into the 90s and 80s as the evening breeze roars in with gusts above 20 mph and higher at elevation, and sit comfortably in the 70s at most by Saturday and Sunday. — Sean MacAday, Sacbee.com, 6 Oct. 2026 Just four minutes before clearing the plane for landing, an air traffic controller had provided a wind advisory to a different flight, noting gusts of up to 25 mph (40 kph) from the south. — ABC News, 1 Oct. 2026 The storms Thursday morning may also bring a risk of damaging wind gusts of up to 60 mph, as well as small hail and frequent lightning. — Anthony Franze, San Antonio Express-News, 30 Sep. 2026 Coastal officials continue to assess damage caused by the storm, which hit beaches with 50 mph gusts and 16 foot waves, forecasters said. — Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 29 Sep. 2026

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Noun

Ditka and Ryan had an often adversarial relationship, with the two nearly coming to blows during halftime of the team's only 1985 season loss, to the Miami Dolphins.

— ABC News, ABC News, 9 Oct. 2026
Even with a human controlling the machine remotely, LaPenna was still trading blows with a heavy metal robot capable of putting real force behind its movements.

— Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 5 Oct. 2026

Definition of blows

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The explosions ruptured the Nord Stream 1 pipeline, which was Russia's main natural gas supply route to Germany until Moscow cut off supplies in August 2022.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 15 Oct. 2026
Russia’s ballistic missiles can reach Kyiv in just minutes, leaving little time to respond; in some recent attacks, air raid sirens sounded at the same time as the first explosions.

— Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of explosions

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Winds were also forecast to pick up, with breezes of 5 to 8 mph.

— Hali Smith, Idaho Statesman, 9 Oct. 2026
Blue skies, cool breezes, and plenty of chirping birds are enveloping the comfy Pharmalot campus, which is cause to fire up the coffee kettle for yet another cup of stimulation.

— Ed Silverman, STAT, 29 Sep. 2026

Definition of breezes

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Cue the lovelorn weeping in the rain set to composer Roger Goula’s supple string score, and before us, a sweeping love epic bursts alive with real pain.

— Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 13 Oct. 2026
The machine generated about a dozen or so graphs, marked by human figures and bursts of colors that denoted energy fields, broken down by organ—and even tooth.

— Jessica Sulima, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 Oct. 2026

Definition of bursts

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The denial comes in a record-breaking year for severe weather in Illinois, which leads the nation with about 212 tornadoes confirmed by the National Weather Service so far this year, according to Pritzker’s office.

— Jeremy Gorner, Chicago Tribune, 9 Oct. 2026
Tornadoes An isolated risk for tornadoes will begin Friday night in coastal areas of Alabama, the Florida Panhandle and far southwestern Georgia.

— MIAMI HERALD HURRICANE BOT, Miami Herald, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of tornadoes

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Michael Douglas was subject to violent and angry outbursts as well.

— Maddie Connors, Los Angeles Times, 5 Oct. 2026
There was no notice to staff that swings in blood sugar levels can cause the kind of emotional distress and behavioral outbursts that got Christian in trouble.

— Joseph Shapiro, NPR, 30 Sep. 2026

Definition of outbursts

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If the incoming eruptions interact favorably with Earth's magnetic field, auroras could potentially reach much farther south than currently anticipated.

— Daisy Dobrijevic, Space.com, 8 Oct. 2026
Volcanologists could use the technology to map internal magma chambers and lava tubes to help predict eruptions.

— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of eruptions

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