southwester

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  1. blow
  2. gale
  3. wind
  4. northeaster
Noun
  • Rap’s Springtime Beef The battle between Kendrick Lamar and Drake unfolded via searing diss tracks that prompted close reading, with Lamar landing what was considered a knockout blow, and a top candidate for song of the summer.
    Ian Crouch, The New Yorker, 29 Nov. 2024
  • Iran's allies in the region have suffered a series of blows at the hands of Israel as the Gaza war expanded to the Middle East.
    Maya Gebeily, USA TODAY, 29 Nov. 2024
Definition of blow
Noun
  • The Port of Palm Beach switched from port condition Yankee to port condition Zulu at 6 p.m. Tuesday, meaning sustained gale force winds are expected to arrive within 12 hours.
    David Lyons, Sun Sentinel, 9 Oct. 2024
  • Slowly the mystical land enters her inner world and – one day at a time – Rona finds hope and strength in herself among the heavy gales and the bracingly cold sea.
    Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 4 Oct. 2024
Definition of gale
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  • Giovanni Beretta, Regional Vice President and General Manager Wright wanted the building’s shape to resemble a traditional Arabian dhow’s triangular sail billowing in the wind.
    Katharina Kotrba, Forbes, 2 Dec. 2024
  • All that hand wringing over Andrews’ empty stat lines in September amounted to so much spit in the wind.
    Childs Walker, Baltimore Sun, 2 Dec. 2024
Definition of wind
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
Definition of northeaster
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