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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 ship had a lucrative 19-year career until that September night when a gale-force wind caused its seams to break apart, according to the announcement.
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Taylor Nicioli,
CNN Money,
17 Sep. 2025
Whoopi Goldberg learned that the hard way when the notorious blue Disney menace Stitch — of Lilo & Stitch fame — locked her into a column of gale-force air on Tuesday's episode of The View.
In an early morning advisory, hurricane center forecasters said Priscilla was located about 230 miles south of the southern tip of Baja California with maximum sustained winds near 100 mph with higher gusts.
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Gabe Hauari,
USA Today,
7 Oct. 2025
The Trail Ridge Road in Colorado winds through Rocky Mountain National Park, displaying beautiful fall foliage views along the way.
Yes, the Seahawks entered the game short-handed in the secondary, then suffered another blow when cornerback Riq Woolen suffered a concussion in the third quarter.
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Michael-Shawn Dugar,
New York Times,
7 Oct. 2025
Business is booming, but President Chris Kohnle worries the 80-year-old, family-run establishment could soon take a blow.
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.
Layoffs can occur for many reasons; while they can be viewed as a signal about how companies view economic headwinds, the reasons may also be more localized to individual companies amid restructuring or plans to maximize profits.
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Andrew Stanton,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Oct. 2025
But even with the headwinds, there’s still enough good news to be a bit more bullish about Nike’s prospects, even it more time is needed to effect its comeback goals.
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