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Recent Examples of windswept
Create to explore contrasting surfaces, the new Essence collection introduces two new textures inspired by windswept ocean fronts.
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Robyn Mowatt, Essence, 23 May 2025
It was filmed on location in Ireland, making use of its gorgeous, windswept island coasts.
—Jack Smart, People.com, 21 May 2025
The windswept Scottish island Jura is another of the places where Peck gathered footage, to poignant effect.
—Sheri Linden, HollywoodReporter, 17 May 2025
Weiss rarely had cause to go the windswept surface.
—Katie Hunt, CNN, 15 Mar. 2025
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Robyn Mowatt, Essence, 23 May 2025
It was filmed on location in Ireland, making use of its gorgeous, windswept island coasts.
—Jack Smart, People.com, 21 May 2025
The windswept Scottish island Jura is another of the places where Peck gathered footage, to poignant effect.
—Sheri Linden, HollywoodReporter, 17 May 2025
Weiss rarely had cause to go the windswept surface.
—Katie Hunt, CNN, 15 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for windswept
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Along the dry shorelines, windblown dust contributes to harmful air pollution in low-income, predominantly Latino communities, where people suffer from asthma and other respiratory illnesses at high rates.—
Ian James,
Los Angeles Times,
24 May 2025
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In California, the South Coast Air Quality Management District has issued an alert through 11:59 p.m. Friday for the Coachella Valley because of high levels of particle pollution from windblown dust.—
Paul Du Quenoy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
27 Mar. 2025
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With its ultralight, moisture-wicking material and breezy back vents, this Slack Tide Camp Shirt goes the extra mile to keep you cool.—
Olivia Young,
Travel + Leisure,
12 June 2025
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Deep Cover The Bottom Line An easy, breezy good time.—
Caryn James,
HollywoodReporter,
11 June 2025
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The somewhat bleak outlook was laid bare Tuesday night after the USMNT was thrashed 4-0 by Switzerland during a friendly in Nashville.—
Ben Church,
CNN Money,
11 June 2025
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Instead of learning from this bleak recent history, Americans are now painfully absorbing this lesson by repeating it.—
Jonathan Haskel,
Foreign Affairs,
10 June 2025
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But like Speak Now (Taylor’s Version), the perplexing production choices across the re-recordings largely buried the stormy emotion of the originals.—
Larisha Paul,
Rolling Stone,
5 June 2025
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Is that fact or fiction? North Texas has seen its fair share of rain over the month, including a stormy Memorial Day with 2.15 inches recorded at Dallas Fort Worth International Airport.—
Brayden Garcia,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
28 May 2025
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The capsizing was believed to have been caused by turbulent waters from heavy recent rains.—
Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports,
Arkansas Online,
13 June 2025
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The spike in geomagnetic activity is driven primarily by a co-rotating interaction region (CIR) — a turbulent region in the solar wind in which fast-moving streams collide with slower wind ahead of them.—
Daisy Dobrijevic,
Space.com,
12 June 2025
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After inclement weather rained out Wednesday’s game, the Cardinals played their fifth doubleheader of the season Thursday at Busch Stadium.—
Katie Woo,
New York Times,
6 June 2025
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The launch window was delayed Tuesday, June 3, for the second time in a shift that NASA says will allow mission operators to avoid inclement weather and have more time to prepare the Dragon for launch.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
5 June 2025
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“Windswept.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/windswept. Accessed 18 Jun. 2025.
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