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Recent Examples of windbreak
For livestock, this would include potable water, sanitary living conditions and access to a windbreak such as a building or tree line.
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Paula Wethington, CBS News, 6 Mar. 2026
The cemetery was divided in two by a windbreak of giant elms.
—Literary Hub, 29 Jan. 2026
The shelter provided by walls, fencing, and other trees and shrubs serves as a windbreak and keeps new plantings more protected.
—Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Nov. 2025
Mario elbowed me into a small windbreak.
—Charles Bethea, New Yorker, 20 Sep. 2025
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Paula Wethington, CBS News, 6 Mar. 2026
The cemetery was divided in two by a windbreak of giant elms.
—Literary Hub, 29 Jan. 2026
The shelter provided by walls, fencing, and other trees and shrubs serves as a windbreak and keeps new plantings more protected.
—Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Nov. 2025
Mario elbowed me into a small windbreak.
—Charles Bethea, New Yorker, 20 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for windbreak
Noun
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The human remains were found alongside cooking pans, food items, clothing and a fabric lean-to.—
Daniel S. Levine,
PEOPLE,
6 May 2026
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Most of your driving will be on dirt roads, and your accommodations typically include a tent or lean-to.—
Stephanie Vermillion,
Travel + Leisure,
11 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The optical illusion reminded early settlers of the blockades of wooden stakes, or palisades, built around forts to ward off threats.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
13 May 2026
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Today, visitors can walk inside the palisade walls, watch a film in the King’s Storehouse, hear cannon and musket firings, and explore barracks, houses, a church and other structures that interpret a year‑round community of roughly 200–300 people and a much larger seasonal population.—
Andy Morrison,
USA Today,
15 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The backstory The hotel occupies the former IXL jam factory, a three-story building that began as a whaling shed.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
27 May 2026
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After the shooting, Ranzy fled the house, and officers found him three blocks away hiding in a shed.—
Nick Ferraro,
Twin Cities,
22 May 2026
Noun
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The brothers spent hours playing around their grandmother’s house—climbing trees, building forts, and racing through cornfields—but their home life was fraught.—
Heidi Blake,
New Yorker,
8 June 2026
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Couples can also take a day trip to Dry Tortugas National Park, a remote national park that's more than 99 percent underwater and world-famous for its snorkeling and 19th-century coastal fort.—
Lauren Dana Ellman,
Travel + Leisure,
7 June 2026
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Today, visitors can explore the fortress, spread out for a picnic on the green lawn and take in sweeping views of America’s Oldest City from the gun deck.—
USA TODAY Network,
USA Today,
10 June 2026
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Perhaps the best way to understand Helsinki’s origins is to take the short ferry ride across the harbor to the island-fortress of Suomenlinna (now a popular park).—
Tribune News Service,
Baltimore Sun,
10 June 2026
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The operation, according to the army’s statement, was conducted in the Mandara mountains, which form part of the militant group’s stronghold.—
Dyepkazah Shibayan,
Los Angeles Times,
7 June 2026
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The operation, according to the army’s statement, was conducted in the Mandara mountains which form a part of the militant group’s stronghold.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
7 June 2026
Noun
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From a castle built by a Sherlock Holmes actor in Connecticut to lava fields in Idaho that helped train astronauts, these destinations showcase the beauty, ingenuity and delightful weirdness that make the United States unique.—
Staff,
USA Today,
8 June 2026
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Gaudí's basilica could be described like a sand castle on a beach.—
Seth Doane,
CBS News,
7 June 2026
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Contrast that with Europe, ostensibly a redoubt of strong climate policy.—
Tim McDonnell,
semafor.com,
4 June 2026
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Archaeologist Joe Bagley holds a map of the earthen fortification known as the redoubt at Charlestown's Breed's Hill.—
Aaron Parseghian,
CBS News,
2 June 2026
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“Windbreak.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/windbreak. Accessed 13 Jun. 2026.
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