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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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as in explosions
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
Southerly sustained winds of 15 to 20 mph with gusts around 25 mph on Saturday and lowest afternoon and evening humidity of 15 to 25% Friday and Saturday.
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Kansas City Star Weather Bot, Kansas City Star, 27 Mar. 2026
The front also brought strong wind gusts, kicking up dust and adding to the haze.
—Jesse Sarles, CBS News, 26 Mar. 2026
South southwest wind 6 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
—Katie Wiseman, IndyStar, 26 Mar. 2026
Temperatures were about 25 degrees that weekend, with wind gusts up to 40 miles an hour.
—Angela George, Sioux Falls Argus Leader, 26 Mar. 2026
Winds will increase on Saturday with gusts reaching 40 mph.
—Brandi D. Addison, Des Moines Register, 26 Mar. 2026
Southwest wind 8 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 32 mph.
—Cheryl Vari, Cincinnati Enquirer, 26 Mar. 2026
Winds are expected to be from the west at 10 to 20 mph with gusts as high as 30 to 35 mph and relative humidity as low as 15 to 20 percent.
—Nc Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 22 Mar. 2025
Kansas City Star Weather Bot, Kansas City Star, 27 Mar. 2026
The front also brought strong wind gusts, kicking up dust and adding to the haze.
—Jesse Sarles, CBS News, 26 Mar. 2026
South southwest wind 6 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
—Katie Wiseman, IndyStar, 26 Mar. 2026
Temperatures were about 25 degrees that weekend, with wind gusts up to 40 miles an hour.
—Angela George, Sioux Falls Argus Leader, 26 Mar. 2026
Winds will increase on Saturday with gusts reaching 40 mph.
—Brandi D. Addison, Des Moines Register, 26 Mar. 2026
Southwest wind 8 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 32 mph.
—Cheryl Vari, Cincinnati Enquirer, 26 Mar. 2026
Winds are expected to be from the west at 10 to 20 mph with gusts as high as 30 to 35 mph and relative humidity as low as 15 to 20 percent.
—Nc Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 22 Mar. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gusts
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Shesterkin’s first thought was about how big the 6-foot-6 Markström was, but the smaller goalie still managed to land the majority of the blows.—
Peter Baugh,
New York Times,
1 Apr. 2026
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Parks turned into deserts, great skyscrapers leveled by blows from the tails of the monsters, and the entire population threatened in the panic and pestilence that followed the invasion.—
Rick Kogan,
Chicago Tribune,
31 Mar. 2026
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In Israel, loud explosions filled the air in Tel Aviv and emergency crews responded to nearly a dozen impact sites.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
28 Mar. 2026
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According to the Iranian media, one witness reported hearing multiple explosions near Mashhad Airport shortly after 7 pm, local time.—
Moriah Thomas,
CNN Money,
28 Mar. 2026
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Sunny skies and mild breezes are enveloping the Pharmalot campus once again.—
Ed Silverman,
STAT,
26 Mar. 2026
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Temperatures will climb into the mid-70s to low 80s in the afternoon under mostly sunny skies and balmy breezes.—
Mary Wasson,
Austin American Statesman,
18 Mar. 2026
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Sperm whales communicate via bursts of clicks, called codas, and the researchers—part of a project called the Cetacean Translation Initiative, or CETI—are hoping one day to decipher what the codas mean.—
Elizabeth Kolbert,
New Yorker,
26 Mar. 2026
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And Falkous, for all that his bursts of mad atonality hit the ear first, knows precisely where to hammer in every syllable for the maximum impact.—
Alex Robert Ross,
Pitchfork,
25 Mar. 2026
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Some of these storms could become strong to severe with large hail, damaging winds and tornadoes all possible, according to the NWS.—
Brayden Garcia,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
1 Apr. 2026
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Some of these storms could be strong to severe, with all hazards — damaging winds, hail, and tornadoes — being possible.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
1 Apr. 2026
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Backlash was immediate given the rapper’s history of antisemitic outbursts.—
Zack Sharf,
Variety,
1 Apr. 2026
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Right now, the sun is finally moving out of several years of solar maximum—but as this week’s outbursts show, our star is not yet quiet.—
Meghan Bartels,
Scientific American,
31 Mar. 2026
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Light snow flurries were falling.—
Jack Perry,
The Providence Journal,
25 Mar. 2026
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Neither that, nor Monday’s snow flurries, stopped Jennifer Hall and her family from making their own Magic City hoodies and proudly wearing them to the game at State Farm Arena.—
DeAsia Paige,
AJC.com,
17 Mar. 2026
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But solar flares and coronal mass ejections (CMEs) — huge eruptions of solar plasma — could be a threat to Artemis astronauts venturing far beyond our planet, as could cosmic rays, which originate far beyond our solar system.—
Leonard David,
Space.com,
30 Mar. 2026
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And while many are extinct or dormant, two of them, Kīlauea and Mauna Loa, are still capable of destructive and deadly eruptions.—
Quanta Magazine,
Quanta Magazine,
27 Mar. 2026
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“Gusts.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gusts. Accessed 2 Apr. 2026.
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