SOUTHWESTER Synonyms: 28 Similar and Opposite Words

southwester

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Noun

San Francisco has already seen right-hander Hayden Birdsong undergo Tommy John surgery earlier this year, and losing McDonald for an extended period of time would be another brutal blow for the pitching staff.

— Justice delos Santos, Mercury News, 25 July 2026
Under Ozel’s leadership, the CHP had delivered a significant blow to Erdogan’s party in the 2024 municipal elections.

— ABC News, ABC News, 24 July 2026

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The United States is also facing gale-force productivity headwinds, such as the aging of the population and the relentlessly rising cost of health care, education, and housing.

— Annie Lowrey, The Atlantic, 29 June 2026
His football outing on ITV was perfectly good value, even if there was the near-instant karma of an off-camera Brooklyn gale threatening to blow the set down.

— Greg O'Keeffe, New York Times, 21 June 2026

Definition of gale

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The days are hot and dry; the evenings can get chilly; the wind, especially the Meltemi that whip through the Cyclades, will not be ignored.

— Elly Leavitt, Vogue, 27 July 2026
This video shows firefighters battling fierce flames ripping through vegetation, propelled, in part, by strong gusts of wind.

— Laura Paddison, CNN Money, 27 July 2026

Definition of wind

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The ocean keeps coming because of climate change, sea level rise, nor'easters, hurricanes, et cetera.

— Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 8 July 2023
That morning, around 6, authorities found O'Keefe on the ground outside the Canton home just before a nor'easter struck the town with 21 inches of snow.

— Audrey Conklin, Fox News, 26 May 2023

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