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Recent Examples of windswept
In May 2025, Joel shared a Facebook post featuring a photo of himself smiling out the top of a car, with a windswept Kelli behind him.
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Mariah Alanskas,
PEOPLE,
18 June 2026
Active adventurers should head to the rugged east side, where windswept strands meet waters perfect for kitesurfing.
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Sarah Greaves-Gabbadon,
Condé Nast Traveler,
1 June 2026
The storm will peak during the day on Saturday when a band of windswept rain will pivot from north to south across central and eastern Massachusetts.
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Terry Eliasen,
CBS News,
28 May 2026
Ingham grew up on the Isle of Man, a small, windswept island off the west coast of Britain with a population of around 85,000.
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Danielle Rossingh,
New York Times,
26 May 2026
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Mariah Alanskas,
PEOPLE,
18 June 2026
Active adventurers should head to the rugged east side, where windswept strands meet waters perfect for kitesurfing.
—
Sarah Greaves-Gabbadon,
Condé Nast Traveler,
1 June 2026
The storm will peak during the day on Saturday when a band of windswept rain will pivot from north to south across central and eastern Massachusetts.
—
Terry Eliasen,
CBS News,
28 May 2026
Ingham grew up on the Isle of Man, a small, windswept island off the west coast of Britain with a population of around 85,000.
—
Danielle Rossingh,
New York Times,
26 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for windswept
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Some 15,000 years ago the Missoula Floods tore across the region, laying down the windblown silt, gravel, and basalt cobbles that still feed the vines today.
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An air quality alert due to windblown dust is in effect in the Coachella Valley, affecting thousands of festival attendees.
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The blustery weather comes on the heels of an EF-1 tornado that ripped through the town of Freeland, Michigan, about 13 miles north of Saginaw, on Tuesday afternoon.
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The second World Cup, in 1934, was held in Benito Mussolini’s Italy and served his blustery model of fascism; 1978’s edition took place in Argentina, in the middle of its military junta and the disappearance of tens of thousands of dissidents.
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Drought and unusually hot, gusty winds that reached up to 60 mph over the weekend have transformed the area into a tinderbox where more than 28,000 acres have already been scorched.
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Hundreds of firefighters have been arriving in the arid state to battle new starts as well as those that have been growing because of what forecasters called critical fire weather — dangerously low humidity levels, warm temperatures and gusty winds.
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Top it off with a breezy cotton toile fabric, and you’re bound to sleep like a baby—even when temperatures are scorching.
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In Paris, boho-chic is less about fringe and floral motifs and more about loose, breezy pieces that are easy to layer.
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The goofy sketch comedies and homemade spoofs that once filled his channel gradually disappeared, replaced by melancholy short films and bleak monologues.
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Cher’s court documents paint a bleak picture of how Allman, 49, allegedly blows through his $120,000 annual trust distributions.
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Here's a walkthrough of Chicago's historically stormy year.
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Her large scale paintings, created specially for Hastings Contemporary, after visiting a wet and stormy Hastings in the winter of 2025, draw the viewer in, alongside a series of smaller works.
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Directed by Guadagnino from a screenplay by Saturday Night Live alum Simon Rich, Artificial explores Sam Altman’s OpenAI and the company’s turbulent period in 2023 when he was fired and rehired in a matter of days.
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The trauma of a turbulent household had aged her beyond her years.
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If there is inclement weather, the ceremony will be held in Leamy Hall Auditorium, according to the news release.
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If there is inclement weather, it will be moved to nearby Calvary Baptist Church at 551 Arlington Ave.
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“Windswept.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/windswept. Accessed 3 Jul. 2026.
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