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The sailors looked windswept and tired.
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And then there’s another canyon a little bit further to the east, which has some windswept plains kind of feeling.
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AFAR Media, 11 May 2026
Travel through windswept fields pulled straight out of Kurosawa movies.
—George Yang, PC Magazine, 1 May 2026
For almost 10 years, Josh and Sarah Kimbrough have worked to build a home on the windswept high plains of Colorado’s rugged South Park.
—Elise Schmelzer, Denver Post, 1 May 2026
How Odsherred Became Denmark’s Next Great Food Destination Amid Bronze Age burial grounds and windswept coastline, the bounty of Odsherred has turned the region into a culinary hotspot.
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AFAR Media, 11 May 2026
Travel through windswept fields pulled straight out of Kurosawa movies.
—George Yang, PC Magazine, 1 May 2026
For almost 10 years, Josh and Sarah Kimbrough have worked to build a home on the windswept high plains of Colorado’s rugged South Park.
—Elise Schmelzer, Denver Post, 1 May 2026
How Odsherred Became Denmark’s Next Great Food Destination Amid Bronze Age burial grounds and windswept coastline, the bounty of Odsherred has turned the region into a culinary hotspot.
—Arati Menon, Condé Nast Traveler, 27 Apr. 2026
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“Windswept.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/windswept. Accessed 20 May. 2026.
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windswept
adjective
wind·swept
-ˌswept 
: disturbed by or as if by wind
a windswept beach
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