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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 At the summit of Mauna Kea, gusts of 140 miles per hour were measured. — Marshall Shepherd, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026 At the lower elevations, residents all across the island chain experienced tropical storm force winds of 30 to 40 mph (48 to 64 kph) with gusts up to 60 mph (97 kph), Blood said. — ABC News, 17 Aug. 2026 Light filtered through the foliage, and soft gusts carried scents of olive trees, sage, and rosemary. — Eric Klinenberg, New Yorker, 17 Aug. 2026 The highest winds were atop the towering Mauna Kea volcano, where gusts hit 140 mph. — Los Angeles Times, 17 Aug. 2026 Elsewhere, isolated storms could produce brief periods of heavy rain and strong gusts with lightning. — Bradley Hohulin, IndyStar, 17 Aug. 2026 Across the street, according to Illinois Department of Agriculture records, farmer Mark Eigsti was spraying pesticides on his soybean fields as wind gusts topped 19 miles per hour. — Christiana Freitag, Chicago Tribune, 16 Aug. 2026 The storms are expected to bring quarter-sized hail (1 inch) and wind gusts of up to 60 mph. — Nc Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 16 Aug. 2026

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Guevera also reportedly came to blows with Eddie Kingston in 2022, leading to Kingston’s suspension.

— Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026
Hernandez is a grappler in the octagon who can unleash crushing blows with his fists, elbows and legs.

— Joe Davidson, Sacbee.com, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of blows

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Deadly fires, often linked to electrical faults or gas cylinder explosions, are common in India where investigators have frequently pointed to safety lapses and inadequate enforcement of fire regulations as contributing to recurring loss of life.

— ABC News, ABC News, 19 Aug. 2026
Swift was designed to study gamma-ray bursts, the most powerful explosions in the universe, which are triggered by cosmic events like the births of black holes and collisions between ultra-dense stars at the ends of their lives.

— Denise Chow, NBC news, 19 Aug. 2026

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Once glass was more widely produced in the 19th century thanks to industrialization, architects began placing windows at either end of rooms to allow for cooling cross breezes.

— Mack DeGeurin, Popular Science, 19 Aug. 2026
The sandy shores of Pawleys Island and Litchfield Beach are about 20 minutes away, but afternoons on the porch, appreciating the breezes that come in off the Winyah Bay and the connecting rivers, are just as peaceful.

— Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 18 Aug. 2026

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Courtesy of Reed Timmer Timmer, who has seen hundreds of tornadoes in his lifetime, says the thrill never gets old.

— Jim Clash, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2026
The two tornadoes started as tornadic waterspouts and were spotted off the coast of Far Rockaway and in Atlantic Beach on Long Island as Thursday’s torrential rain forced officials to close highways across the city.

— Colin Mixson, New York Daily News, 21 Aug. 2026

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He was accused of two other antisemitic outbursts and was eventually convicted in France on hate-speech charges.

— The Week US, TheWeek, 20 Aug. 2026
The 36-year-old Hubble is also dropping in orbit because of all the sun's recent outbursts and is expected to reenter the atmosphere in the 2030s if nothing is done.

— CBS News, CBS News, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of outbursts

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The past 14 years have included some flurries of diplomatic contact between Iran and the West.

— Arash Azizi, The Atlantic, 8 July 2026
There is even a remote possibility for a few flurries in the highest peaks of the Sierra on Saturday and Sunday nights with temps briefly below freezing.

— Sean Macaday, Sacbee.com, 26 June 2026

Definition of flurries

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Indonesia, an archipelago of more than 17,000 islands, is prone to earthquakes and volcanic eruptions because of its location on the Pacific Ring of Fire.

— ABC News, ABC News, 18 Aug. 2026
Rayleigh-Taylor instabilities are central to supernova explosions as well as volcanic eruptions and this study will help astronomers and geophysicists alike in predict how energy moves through these systems.

— Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 18 Aug. 2026

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