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Recent Examples of tailwind
Along with the costs, Kenney highlighted tighter trucking supply as a tailwind to freight conversions.
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Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 24 Apr. 2026
Oil and gas volatility could be a tailwind for the first-ever summit of its kind, which starts Friday in the city of Santa Marta.
—Fabiano Maisonnave, Bloomberg, 24 Apr. 2026
Forecasts on Friday were showing gusts between 15 mph and 20 mph, allowing for strong tailwinds.
—Laylan Connelly, Oc Register, 24 Apr. 2026
For Zima, the AI wave is Omni’s tailwind.
—Lily Mae Lazarus, Fortune, 23 Apr. 2026
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Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 24 Apr. 2026
Oil and gas volatility could be a tailwind for the first-ever summit of its kind, which starts Friday in the city of Santa Marta.
—Fabiano Maisonnave, Bloomberg, 24 Apr. 2026
Forecasts on Friday were showing gusts between 15 mph and 20 mph, allowing for strong tailwinds.
—Laylan Connelly, Oc Register, 24 Apr. 2026
For Zima, the AI wave is Omni’s tailwind.
—Lily Mae Lazarus, Fortune, 23 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tailwind
Noun
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Facing these and other headwinds, Netanyahu and his allies have been working to undermine the Central Elections Committee, an independent body that manages Knesset elections.—
Bernard Avishai,
New Yorker,
18 May 2026
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But even in the face of all the political and economic headwinds facing late night, Colbert himself has a reputation for being kind and engaging.—
Laura Bradley,
Vanity Fair,
18 May 2026
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For a club already facing relegation on the pitch, their own fans may have just dealt them the final, crushing blow.—
Alejandro Avila OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
18 May 2026
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The decision by the Senate's parliamentarian, Elizabeth MacDonough, deals a blow to Trump and his administration, which has sought the money for security purposes related to the ballroom.—
Nolan D. McCaskill,
USA Today,
17 May 2026
Noun
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National Weather Service The NWS also issued a host of marine hazards, including gale warnings, high surf advisories, small craft advisories and beach hazards for most of Southern California's coastal communities.—
Matthew Rodriguez,
CBS News,
15 May 2026
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Ponson had heard the lore of fast-developing storms in the northern Gulf — systems that escaped the notice of meteorologists — before exploding into near-gale winds, towering waves and rare but deadly storms.—
Kelly McGreal,
FOXNews.com,
5 Apr. 2026
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But Lisius saw something different in those growing beasts — the beginnings of a tornado.—
Emily Holshouser
May 19,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
19 May 2026
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Kansas counties included in the tornado watch are Atchison and Doniphan, according to the weather service.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
19 May 2026
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The windstorm from the fans raged until the home eventually broke off from its remaining anchors, rolling completely over not once, but twice.—
Alexandra Phelps,
Miami Herald,
14 May 2026
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Bass accused Crowley of leadership failures during the January 2025 windstorm that led to the deadly Palisades Fire, and also accused of refusing to prepare an after-action report on the firefight.—
City News Service,
Daily News,
7 May 2026
Noun
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Every leaf, branch, and gust of wind bounces sound waves back to the hunter, creating a deafening acoustic fog.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
19 May 2026
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Wind gusts could peak to 25 to 30 mph in the valleys and 35 mph on ridgetops, Black said.—
Nathaniel Percy,
Daily News,
19 May 2026
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The latter, in particular, braids the bittersweet melodies of anorak-sporting vintage twee with ear-bleeding country-grunge that evokes Meat Puppets’ heaviest squalls.—
Colin Joyce,
Pitchfork,
1 May 2026
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Political squalls are far easier to shrug off than Britain’s long-term economic problems.—
John Stepek,
Bloomberg,
20 Apr. 2026
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One version of the nation’s history anchors itself in the efforts to navigate those tempests, to better the imperfect tools bequeathed to us by imperfect men.—
Jelani Cobb,
New Yorker,
4 May 2026
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For now, Buttigieg has chosen to wait out the tempests in Traverse City, the hometown of his husband, Chasten, a former schoolteacher.—
Graeme Wood,
The Atlantic,
3 Mar. 2026
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“Tailwind.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tailwind. Accessed 21 May. 2026.
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