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The sailors looked windswept and tired.
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Devon Ivie, Vulture, 27 Mar. 2026
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In the 70 years since Faure’s account, no paleontologist had ventured back to this hyperarid, windswept landscape to attempt to relocate Akarazeras.
—Paul C. Sereno, The Conversation, 16 Mar. 2026
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Devon Ivie, Vulture, 27 Mar. 2026
Despite the hardship, life on the windswept isle seems idyllic.
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 17 Mar. 2026
In the 70 years since Faure’s account, no paleontologist had ventured back to this hyperarid, windswept landscape to attempt to relocate Akarazeras.
—Paul C. Sereno, The Conversation, 16 Mar. 2026
From the Gulf’s emerald waters to the Atlantic’s windswept barrier islands, the South is home to some of the prettiest stretches of shoreline in the country.
—Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 12 Mar. 2026
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“Windswept.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/windswept. Accessed 2 Apr. 2026.
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windswept
adjective
wind·swept
-ˌswept 
: disturbed by or as if by wind
a windswept beach
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