headwind

as in wind
an air movement that is blowing toward something (such as a ship or an airplane) as it moves forward Stiff headwinds caused the flight to take longer than expected.

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Recent Examples of headwind Looking forward, production is anticipated to decline in 2025 due to asset divestitures, while refining margins and currency headwinds continue to exert pressure. Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 26 June 2025 Despite revenue headwinds, screen proliferation continues across the region. Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 25 June 2025 These legislative headwinds come as the sector is already under pressure from higher interest rates, which have made consumer financing more expensive. Ganesh Rao, CNBC, 20 June 2025 But Thailand’s increasingly likely change in leadership—and the uncertainty that inevitably will follow—comes at a trying time of both economic headwinds and geopolitical challenges, threatening to throw the country into further instability. Chad De Guzman, Time, 19 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for headwind
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  • The bill also underwent more changes in a last-minute replacement version, including the removal of a punishing tax on wind and solar energy as well as a pareback of the bill’s cuts to clean energy subsidies.
    Morgan Chalfant, semafor.com, 1 July 2025
  • That poses a challenge in regions that have long stretches with low wind and sunlight, stressing power grids fed by renewable sources.
    Abhimanyu Ghoshal, New Atlas, 30 June 2025

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“Headwind.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/headwind. Accessed 9 Jul. 2025.

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