leewards

noun

plural of leeward
as in windwards

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  1. hands
  2. sides
  3. lees
  4. flanks
Noun
  • The video shows four deputies running after Garza along Interstate 10 in Palm Springs, with Garza facing the deputies several times while holding an object in his hands.
    — Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 2026
  • Alaska’s bid for statehood, in the late nineteen-fifties, was in part a matter of keeping the hands of Seattle businessmen off local salmon stocks.
    — Zach Helfand, New Yorker, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of hands
Noun
  • Aerodynamic improvements mostly focus on trailer fronts and sides.
    — Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 20 Oct. 2026
  • The two sides reworked Norvell’s deal in December 2024 after the Seminoles finished 2-10 in the program’s worst season in 50 years.
    — Eben Novy-Williams, Sportico.com, 19 Oct. 2026
Definition of sides
Noun
  • Other varieties include honey vinegar, made from mead and vaguely similar to white balsamic; akazu, a beautifully layered red vinegar that comes from aged sake lees; and roasty-toasty beer vinegar, a good swap for malt vinegar.
    — Emily Saladino, Bon Appetit Magazine, 19 Oct. 2026
  • The current vintage of Domaine Carneros Le Rêve Blanc de Blancs, 2018, spent seven years en tirage, resting on its lees after secondary fermentation had taken place in the bottle.
    — Jeremy Repanich, Robb Report, 18 Oct. 2026
Definition of lees
Noun
  • Ahead, black dots move in formation like ants as Everest’s imposing upper flanks loom above them.
    — Helen Regan, CNN Money, 10 Oct. 2026
  • The gates blocking it, and the security checkpoints along its flanks, will dramatically limit the public’s desire to enter, and change the tenor and experience of a space that should feel porous and inclusive.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of flanks
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