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Recent Examples of leeward
Adjective
Further north, on the off-the-grid Cayo Frances, learn to fish from legendary fly fisherwoman Lori-Ann Murphy, and enjoy the placid, shallow waters of the leeward side of the island.—Ali Wunderman, Condé Nast Traveler, 16 Jan. 2020 This means that the leeward side of these landforms is usually drier and often protected from the high wind.—Tim MacWelch, Outdoor Life, 16 Jan. 2020
Noun
For instance, mature bucks often bed on leeward ridges, ridge endings, bench edges, and more.—Josh Honeycutt, Outdoor Life, 19 Dec. 2024 This is one reason leeward ridges are so attractive to deer.—Josh Honeycutt, Outdoor Life, 22 Nov. 2024 See All Example Sentences for leeward
The heaviest rain is forecast for windward and mauka locations.
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The Sunset AI Lab,
Sunset Magazine,
10 May 2024
For plants, such walls are edges that separate patches of ground into zones that are sunny or shady, windward or leeward, uphill or downhill, wetter or drier.
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Robert M. Thorson,
Discover Magazine,
9 Dec. 2023
There has been one notable change from last season, with Aina and Williams swapping flanks — something Nuno insists was unplanned, decided by fate, rather than design.
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Paul Taylor,
New York Times,
1 May 2025
With Alejandro Balde still out, Gerard Martin is the left back while the hero of the hour Kounde can be found on the other flank.
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