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Recent Examples of windbreak
Or build a temporary windbreak by stretching burlap between two stakes or over a lattice frame.
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Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 4 Jan. 2025
Provide a windbreak for the birds near the birdbath.
—Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 10 Dec. 2024
The Calusa of southwest Florida used trees as windbreaks against storm winds.
—Farah Nibbs, The Conversation, 22 Oct. 2024
These basic structures can enclose parts of your garden, protect vegetable beds from certain pests, or act as windbreaks for sensitive plants.
—Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 Aug. 2024
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Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 4 Jan. 2025
Provide a windbreak for the birds near the birdbath.
—Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 10 Dec. 2024
The Calusa of southwest Florida used trees as windbreaks against storm winds.
—Farah Nibbs, The Conversation, 22 Oct. 2024
These basic structures can enclose parts of your garden, protect vegetable beds from certain pests, or act as windbreaks for sensitive plants.
—Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 Aug. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for windbreak
Noun
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In this case, the lean-to was reportedly formed by downed trees.—
Jami Ganz,
New York Daily News,
23 Apr. 2025
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One time, alone in a lean-to of sticks in Florida, something huge blackened the night nearby.—
Blair Braverman,
Outside Online,
17 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The palisade walls and structural support beams that hold up the fort are made to look like wood but are constructed of concrete.—
Patrick Connolly,
The Orlando Sentinel,
1 June 2025
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But what are the other buildings impacted by palisades fires?—
Katherine McLaughlin,
Architectural Digest,
13 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Even through storms, the shed maintained its stability, and there were no leaks inside of the shed.—
Megan Newton,
Better Homes & Gardens,
24 June 2025
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As the manhunt continues, the sheriff’s office has advised residents in neighboring counties to lock their doors, including on outbuildings and sheds, and leave their outdoor lights on and their blinds open.—
Alaa Elassar,
CNN Money,
8 June 2025
Noun
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However, earlier this year, the Trump administration restored the Fort Bragg name, which now refers to Private First Class Roland L. Bragg, who was stationed at the fort during World War II.—
Jenny Goldsberry,
The Washington Examiner,
22 June 2025
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While at the fort, explore the onsite museum devoted to 18th-century military material culture, such as art, weapons and equipment, like a uniform coat from the independent Boston Corps of Cadets.—
Laura Kiniry,
Smithsonian Magazine,
9 June 2025
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Iran's most advanced and hardened nuclear facility, the Fordow plant in the country's northwest, is a fortress.—
Adeola Adeosun,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 June 2025
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The then-British fortress was famously captured by Ethan Allen and Benedict Arnold in May 1775, marking a pivotal moment in the early stages of the Revolutionary War.—
Andrea Margolis,
FOXNews.com,
17 June 2025
Noun
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In recent years, grizzlies have spilled out of their stronghold in the Greater Yellowstone ecosystem — a broad swath of Montana, Idaho, and Wyoming — and into human territory, where coexistence gets messy.—
Christine Peterson,
Vox,
27 June 2025
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America Great Again movement against the conservative legal stronghold that helped Trump reshape the courts during his first term by offering up conservative judges as suggestions to fill benches across the country.—
Zach Schonfeld,
The Hill,
4 June 2025
Noun
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King Charles wanted the visit to be informal at his castle in Scotland.—
Lea Veloso,
StyleCaster,
26 June 2025
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He wasn’t asked back, taking Cartwright down with him, after Season 8 — the same season that featured their 2019 wedding at a Kentucky castle.—
Kate Aurthur,
Variety,
18 June 2025
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But the Assembly Public Safety Committee—the redoubt of progressive opposition to crime bills—quietly blocked it.—
Steven Greenhut,
Oc Register,
1 June 2025
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Early on June 17, patriot soldiers built a redoubt, or temporary fortification, on top of Breed’s Hill, located next to Bunker Hill in Charlestown, Massachusetts.—
Eliza McGraw,
Smithsonian Magazine,
17 June 2025
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“Windbreak.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/windbreak. Accessed 9 Jul. 2025.
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