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Recent Examples of westerlyFirst, through a combination of weaker trade winds and westerlies over the tropical Atlantic, La Niña tends to create a more placid atmosphere.—Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 20 May 2024 Their modest city saw an influx of evacuees from nearby rural and coastal regions soon after hot westerlies sent walls of flame into a string of towns and villages around New Year's Eve.—NBC News, 11 Jan. 2020 But their move from the southern hemisphere to the northern, and the constraining effect of high pressure over Africa, sees them twisted from south-easterlies to south-westerlies.—The Economist, 27 June 2019 See All Example Sentences for westerly
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.
The ocean keeps coming because of climate change, sea level rise, nor'easters, hurricanes, et cetera.
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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.
Despite political headwinds and some negative headlines about sustainable investing, Lowish said, many companies continue to adapt to the reality of climate change.
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Jeff Young,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 Oct. 2025
Despite the many headwinds the global wine industry is currently facing—especially the overall decrease in consumer demand—one tier of the market is holding up exceptionally well.
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