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windblasts

noun

plural of windblast

as in blows

a sudden brief rush of wind a windblast from the hovering helicopter made it difficult to even stand up

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And the former running back, who may be suffering from too many blows to the head, shot back that none of those players were drafted by the Steelers.

— Armando Salguero OutKick, FOXNews.com, 1 Oct. 2026
And in a single season, a high school or college football player absorbs an estimated 600 to 1,000 subconcussive blows.

— Alexandra Pattillo, Scientific American, 23 Sep. 2026

Definition of blows

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On Friday, high temperatures across northern California will start to dip into the 90s and 80s as the evening breeze roars in with gusts above 20 mph and higher at elevation, and sit comfortably in the 70s at most by Saturday and Sunday.

— Sean Macaday, Sacbee.com, 6 Oct. 2026
Just four minutes before clearing the plane for landing, an air traffic controller had provided a wind advisory to a different flight, noting gusts of up to 25 mph (40 kph) from the south.

— ABC News, ABC News, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of gusts

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Blue skies, cool breezes, and plenty of chirping birds are enveloping the comfy Pharmalot campus, which is cause to fire up the coffee kettle for yet another cup of stimulation.

— Ed Silverman, STAT, 29 Sep. 2026
Cool Pacific breezes and a variety of soils make this stretch of Northern California a perfect place to grow grapes.

— Catherine Garcia, TheWeek, 21 Sep. 2026

Definition of breezes

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The denial comes in a record-breaking year for severe weather in Illinois, which leads the nation with about 212 tornadoes confirmed by the National Weather Service so far this year, according to Pritzker’s office.

— Jeremy Gorner, Chicago Tribune, 9 Oct. 2026
Tornadoes An isolated risk for tornadoes will begin Friday night in coastal areas of Alabama, the Florida Panhandle and far southwestern Georgia.

— MIAMI HERALD HURRICANE BOT, Miami Herald, 9 Oct. 2026

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