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The sailors looked windswept and tired.
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Back in 1979, a U.S. Department of Agriculture technical report recommended practices such as reducing stand density, converting cover types, creating openings in forest cover and establishing trees or large shrubs in windswept, treeless areas to concentrate snow and reduce evaporation.
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Tom Howarth
follow, Newsweek, 29 Oct. 2024
In windswept, remote Thacker Pass in the far northern reaches of Nevada permits approved for a massive lithium mine, proposed by Lithium Americas Corp., are drawing impassioned protest from the local indigenous population, ranchers, and environmentalists.
—Michael Wayland, CNBC, 16 Oct. 2024
Set along the windswept Northern shores of Navarino Island, Puerto Williams is best known as a port town and gateway for travelers seeking to explore Patagonia’s legendary Tierra del Fuego as well as jumping off point for sailing to Antarctica.
—Michelle Gross, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024
Kris Kristofferson didn’t just write songs like he was destined for country music’s Mt. Rushmore; with his windswept hair and his craggy face, the singer and songwriter also looked like a guy meant for sculpted eternity.
—Mikael Wood, Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 2024
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Tom Howarth
follow, Newsweek, 29 Oct. 2024
In windswept, remote Thacker Pass in the far northern reaches of Nevada permits approved for a massive lithium mine, proposed by Lithium Americas Corp., are drawing impassioned protest from the local indigenous population, ranchers, and environmentalists.
—Michael Wayland, CNBC, 16 Oct. 2024
Set along the windswept Northern shores of Navarino Island, Puerto Williams is best known as a port town and gateway for travelers seeking to explore Patagonia’s legendary Tierra del Fuego as well as jumping off point for sailing to Antarctica.
—Michelle Gross, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024
Kris Kristofferson didn’t just write songs like he was destined for country music’s Mt. Rushmore; with his windswept hair and his craggy face, the singer and songwriter also looked like a guy meant for sculpted eternity.
—Mikael Wood, Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 2024
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windswept
adjective
wind·swept
-ˌswept 
: disturbed by or as if by wind
a windswept beach
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