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Recent Examples of tailwindAnd the opportunity—and even necessity—for refinancing corporate debt is another tailwind, according to the IEA.—Justin Worland, Time, 29 May 2026 Lower rates would be a tailwind — but higher taxes on investment income would reduce after-tax returns on affected assets, and prices could fall accordingly.—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 28 May 2026 Many families did receive an extra tailwind this year after Republican lawmakers' signature tax and spending bill led to bigger tax refunds.—Stephan Bisaha, NPR, 28 May 2026 The broader Central Loop area has some other tailwinds, however.—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 22 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for tailwind
After years without sustained growth in Britain, economic headwinds linked to global conflicts and the fallout from Brexit, as well as his own electoral pledge of fiscal discipline, have left a leader who promised change with little room for major reforms or investment in ailing public services.
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Nick Duffy,
NBC news,
22 June 2026
The spat is not the first time Khanna has run into headwinds with his onetime allies in Silicon Valley.
Emotionally, militarily, even symbolically, this is a devastating blow to the Black Queen and her cause.
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Sean T. Collins,
Vulture,
22 June 2026
When Lucerys refuses, Aemond chases Lucerys on his dragon, seemingly meaning to injure him rather than kill him, but his dragon, Vhagar, delivers a fatal blow to Rhaenyra’s son.
Benintendi was told by announcer Len Kasper before the game that the wind was a gale blowing out, which was perfect for his moment.
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Paul Sullivan,
Chicago Tribune,
19 June 2026
Iceland, in particular, is gifted with regular gale-force winds; summer days can rotate between sun, sleet, and snow; and the terrain requires special knowledge to safely navigate.
Supercells are more likely to produce tornadoes than other types of thunderstorms, but twisters are still possible in other storms elsewhere in the Midwest and into parts of the Plains.
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Mary Gilbert,
CNN Money,
17 June 2026
Large and long-lived tornadoes are possible, along with destructive wind gusts up to 80 mph, and hail up to the size of baseballs.
Bass accused Crowley of leadership failures during the January 2025 windstorm that led to the deadly Palisades fire, and also accused her of refusing to prepare an after-action report on the firefight.
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City News Service,
Daily News,
10 June 2026
Nine years ago, after paying off his mortgage, Baez decided to go without windstorm insurance altogether.
Damaging wind gusts potentially topping 75 mph will take over as the main threat later Wednesday night, with individual storms expected to merge into cohesive lines from eastern Kansas first and eventually expand to western Ohio.
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Mary Gilbert,
CNN Money,
17 June 2026
Large and long-lived tornadoes are possible, along with destructive wind gusts up to 80 mph, and hail up to the size of baseballs.
Cold rain fell in an endless drizzle, broken only by harder squalls.
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Fred Bear,
Outdoor Life,
11 June 2026
The latter, in particular, braids the bittersweet melodies of anorak-sporting vintage twee with ear-bleeding country-grunge that evokes Meat Puppets’ heaviest squalls.
SpaceX, privately held, was insulated from that PR tempest.
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Jeffrey Kluger,
Time,
12 June 2026
One version of the nation’s history anchors itself in the efforts to navigate those tempests, to better the imperfect tools bequeathed to us by imperfect men.