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Recent Examples of tailwind
Venture and growth investors spent 2025 and early 2026 repricing clean as a durable category rather than a wellness fad, helped by an unusual regulatory tailwind.
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Josipa Majic Predin,
Forbes.com,
25 June 2026
The drop in oil prices is a tailwind for stocks, but until the conflict is settled, the Middle East turmoil remains a risk.
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John Towfighi,
CNN Money,
19 June 2026
Had history caught a different tailwind, those crêpe shops might have been fish and chips joints.
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Caitlin Gunther,
Condé Nast Traveler,
19 June 2026
Sud credits this outsize growth to favorable industry tailwinds, but noted that the strategy for scaling has changed.
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Jeff John Roberts,
Fortune,
9 June 2026
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Josipa Majic Predin,
Forbes.com,
25 June 2026
The drop in oil prices is a tailwind for stocks, but until the conflict is settled, the Middle East turmoil remains a risk.
—
John Towfighi,
CNN Money,
19 June 2026
Had history caught a different tailwind, those crêpe shops might have been fish and chips joints.
—
Caitlin Gunther,
Condé Nast Traveler,
19 June 2026
Sud credits this outsize growth to favorable industry tailwinds, but noted that the strategy for scaling has changed.
—
Jeff John Roberts,
Fortune,
9 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tailwind
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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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The spat is not the first time Khanna has run into headwinds with his onetime allies in Silicon Valley.
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While dealing real damage, Moscow’s ability to adapt has prevented Ukraine’s drone campaign from dealing the decisive blow Kyiv’s allies had hoped.
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Apple could still handle the iPhone differently by raising only Pro model prices, adjusting storage tiers, leaning on carrier promotions or pushing trade-in offers harder to soften the blow.
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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.
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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.
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Since mid-May, the National Weather Service has confirmed 14 tornadoes in southwestern Pennsylvania.
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Damaging winds are the main risk, but a brief tornado or two can’t be ruled out.
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Forecasters expect a strong windstorm beginning Friday in Utah, Colorado, Arizona, Nevada and New Mexico.
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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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Residents may experience wind gusts of up to 40 mph.
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Winds are forecasted to be southwest winds 20 to 25 mph with gusts to 30 mph are possible Friday and Saturday and humidity 5 to 15% Friday and Saturday.
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Cold rain fell in an endless drizzle, broken only by harder squalls.
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The latter, in particular, braids the bittersweet melodies of anorak-sporting vintage twee with ear-bleeding country-grunge that evokes Meat Puppets’ heaviest squalls.
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You're used to a bit of spontaneity, but this tempest is going to draw extra frustrations around your income, finances, or money matters.
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SpaceX, privately held, was insulated from that PR tempest.
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“Tailwind.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tailwind. Accessed 3 Jul. 2026.
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