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Recent Examples of downdraft
Meteorologists attributed the damage to powerful dry microbursts known as virga bombs, where evaporating rain triggers sudden and violent downdrafts.
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Hayleigh Evans, AZCentral.com, 2 July 2025
Wrapped around the bright spot of the updraft, darker patches shown in Juno's data mark where downdrafts carried a slushy mix of ammonia and water back down to the Jovian depths.
—Kiona N. Smith, Space.com, 3 Apr. 2025
The downdraft was despite a Mainland China media report noting that early sales for the 618 (June 18) shopping festival, similar to Singles Day, were up fourfold year-over-year (YoY), with 80,000 brands seeing double the turnover and 500 million orders already placed.
—Brendan Ahern, Forbes.com, 28 May 2025
Target, one of the nation's largest retailers, on Wednesday reported weaker sales for the first quarter and warned of a potential downdraft over the rest of the year as Americans react to U.S. tariffs by pulling back on consumption.
—Anne Marie D. Lee, CBS News, 21 May 2025
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Hayleigh Evans, AZCentral.com, 2 July 2025
Wrapped around the bright spot of the updraft, darker patches shown in Juno's data mark where downdrafts carried a slushy mix of ammonia and water back down to the Jovian depths.
—Kiona N. Smith, Space.com, 3 Apr. 2025
The downdraft was despite a Mainland China media report noting that early sales for the 618 (June 18) shopping festival, similar to Singles Day, were up fourfold year-over-year (YoY), with 80,000 brands seeing double the turnover and 500 million orders already placed.
—Brendan Ahern, Forbes.com, 28 May 2025
Target, one of the nation's largest retailers, on Wednesday reported weaker sales for the first quarter and warned of a potential downdraft over the rest of the year as Americans react to U.S. tariffs by pulling back on consumption.
—Anne Marie D. Lee, CBS News, 21 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for downdraft
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Car buyers are benefiting from a slight downturn in interest rates, too.—
Susan Tompor,
Freep.com,
31 July 2025
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Proving the resilience of the eyewear sector against a dampened macroeconomic landscape and downturn in luxury spending, revenues and profitability at Italian eyewear player Marcolin in the first half of 2025 were mostly flat.—
Martino Carrera,
Footwear News,
30 July 2025
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Despite the slowdown in hiring, wages continue to climb.—
Scott Horsley,
NPR,
1 Aug. 2025
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To be sure, with the Club having a position in both companies, Azure’s recent acceleration is encouraging — and at the same time, concerns about the slowdown in AWS’s growth rate are overblown.—
Kevin Stankiewicz,
CNBC,
1 Aug. 2025
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Reeves, who is president of the American Institute for Boys and Men, argued that politicians have focused on addressing gender inequality while failing to address growing wage depreciation, which explains much of men’s stagnation and why the right has captured their support.—
Lia Russell
July 30,
Sacbee.com,
30 July 2025
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Ozzy Osbourne was kicked out of Black Sabbath in 1979 due to a combination of substance abuse, personal conflicts, and creative stagnation within the band.—
Amanda Castro
Hannah Parry,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 July 2025
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This indicator has been in a downtrend since late 2023, indicating that WTI was going to be weaker than the S&P 500.—
Tom Aspray,
Forbes.com,
24 July 2025
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Finally, the 200-day moving average, which is downward sloping, is essentially hugging that same downtrend line.—
Frank Cappelleri,
CNBC,
23 July 2025
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Even at 37 years old, on the downswing of his career — and even coming back from chronic inflammatory response syndrome and symptoms of long COVID — this is a job Toews might succeed in.—
Murat Ates,
New York Times,
21 June 2025
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Everyone knows the main culprit for this downswing: an offensive line that sprung holes, especially on the edge.—
James Brizuela,
MSNBC Newsweek,
11 June 2025
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“Downdraft.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/downdraft. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.
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