southwester

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Noun
  • Amid aspersions and attack ads, the pair nearly came to blows at a community debate.
    Dakota Smith, Los Angeles Times, 11 May 2026
  • From there, both fighters were trading blows, but the fifth round was when Strickland had an interesting moment with Chimaev.
    Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 10 May 2026
Noun
  • Ponson had heard the lore of fast-developing storms in the northern Gulf — systems that escaped the notice of meteorologists — before exploding into near-gale winds, towering waves and rare but deadly storms.
    Kelly McGreal, FOXNews.com, 5 Apr. 2026
  • The sky’s surreal red hues were reminiscent of apocalyptic scenes over Crete where the storm that hit the island with gale-force winds combined with a Saharan dust storm.
    ABC News, ABC News, 2 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • The National Weather Service declared a winter weather advisory through noon for Boston and much of southeaster Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut, with a parallel advisory through 10 a.m. for Middlesex and Essex counties.
    BostonGlobe.com, BostonGlobe.com, 12 Dec. 2019
Noun
  • Think of the way the path smells ahead of you, think of the freedom the wind is blowing your way.
    Jill Lepore, New Yorker, 9 May 2026
  • From around 2015, the winds started dragging up relatively warm, salty water from the ocean depths to the surface.
    Laura Paddison, CNN Money, 8 May 2026
Noun
  • 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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“Southwester.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/southwester. Accessed 13 May. 2026.

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